Assume that a hypothesis test of the given claim will be conducted. Identify the type I or type II error for the test
-A psychologist claims that more than 3 percent of the population suffers from professional problems due to extreme shyness. Identify the type II error for the test.
A)The error of rejecting the claim that the true proportion is at most 3 percent when it really is at most 3 percent.
B)The error of rejecting the claim that the true proportion is more than 3 percent when it really is more than 3 percent.
C)The error of failing to reject the claim that the true proportion is at most 3 percent when it is actually more than 3 percent.

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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 true proportion is at most 3 percent. Failing to reject this claim when the true proportion is actually more than 3 percent constitutes a type II error.

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