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A city wants to replace its old traffic lights with a new sensor system that prevents...

A city wants to replace its old traffic lights with a new sensor system that prevents more pedestrian and automobile accidents. They try out the new system but only gather a sample data on how well it works during the day from 1-3pm. Based on their data they find that the new system does not not reduce the number of accidents and decide to keep the old system. Unfortunately, the new system was much more effective than the old system, they just needed to have a better sample. This situation is an example of:

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Type I error

Type II error

The wrong confidence level

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since we fail to reject a false null hypothesis(new system is not better than older system) this is

a type II error

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