Assume that a hypothesis test of the given claim will be conducted. Identify the type I or type II error for the test
-The owner of a football team claims that the average attendance at games is over 60,000, and he is therefore justified in moving the team to a city with a larger stadium. Identify the type II error for the test.
A)The error of rejecting the claim that the mean attendance is at most 60,000, when it really is at most 60,000.
B)The error of failing to reject the claim that the mean attendance is at most 60,000, when it is actually greater than 60,000.
C)The error of failing reject the claim that the mean attendance is more than 60,000, when it is actually less than 60,000.

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A type II error occurs when the null hypothesis is not rejected when it is false. In this context, the null hypothesis would likely be that the mean attendance is at most 60,000. Failing to reject this claim when the true average attendance is actually greater than 60,000 would be a type II error.

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