问题


There is a single choice question about high school statistics. Answer the question by replying A, B, C or D.
Question: A company that produces facial tissues continually monitors tissue strength. If the mean strength from sample data drops below a specified level, the production process is halted and the machinery inspected. Which of the following would result from a Type I error?
A. Halting the production process when sufficient customer complaints are received.
B. Halting the production process when the tissue strength is below specifications.
C. Halting the production process when the tissue strength is within specifications.
D. Allowing the production process to continue when the tissue strength is below specifications.
Answer:

答案

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金声玉亮2.0

C. Halting the production process when the tissue strength is within specifications.

Explanation: A Type I error occurs when a true null hypothesis is rejected. In this case, the null hypothesis is that the tissue strength is within specifications. If the production process is halted when the tissue strength is actually within specifications, it means that a Type I error has occurred, as the null hypothesis (tissue strength is within specifications) is true but was rejected.
C
deepseekr1

The question involves identifying the consequence of a Type I error in a hypothesis test. A Type I error occurs when the null hypothesis (here, "tissue strength is within specifications") is incorrectly rejected. This means the company would halt production despite the process actually being in control.

- **A** refers to halting due to customer complaints, unrelated to statistical testing.
- **B** describes a correct decision (halting when strength is below spec), not an error.
- **C** aligns with a Type I error: halting production when strength is within spec (rejecting a true null hypothesis).
- **D** corresponds to a Type II error (failing to halt when strength is below spec).

**Answer: C**
C
gpto1 C C
GPT-4o The correct answer is:

C. Halting the production process when the tissue strength is within specifications.
C
llama3.1-70B-Instruct

C
C
llama3.1-405B-Instruct

C
The best answer is C.
C
DeepSeek-Coder-V2 C. Halting the production process when the tissue strength is within specifications. C
Qwen2-72B-Instruct C. Halting the production process when the tissue strength is within specifications. C
baichuan4 C C
doubao C

A Type I error is when a null hypothesis is rejected when it is actually true. In this case, halting the production process when the tissue strength is within specifications is a false positive, which is a Type I error.
C
minimax C. Halting the production process when the tissue strength is within specifications. C
kimi C. Halting the production process when the tissue strength is within specifications. C
wenxinyiyan C C
zhipu C. Halting the production process when the tissue strength is within specifications.

A Type I error occurs when a true null hypothesis is incorrectly rejected. In this context, the null hypothesis would be that the tissue strength is within specifications. Therefore, a Type I error would result in halting the production process even though the tissue strength is actually within the acceptable range.
C
gpto1 C C
deepseekv3 C. Halting the production process when the tissue strength is within specifications.

A Type I error occurs when the null hypothesis is incorrectly rejected when it is actually true. In this context, the null hypothesis would be that the tissue strength is within specifications. Halting the production process when the tissue strength is actually within specifications (i.e., rejecting the null hypothesis incorrectly) is a Type I error.
C