Is it true that in hypothesis testing, the sum of alpha and beta probabilities equals one?

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6 Jul 2021
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28 May 2026

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In hypothesis testing, alpha (type I error) and beta (type II error) represent different types of errors and their probabilities do not add up to one. Therefore, the statement that alpha plus beta equals one is incorrect.

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