If a hypothesis test leads to incorrectly rejecting the null hypothesis, a Type II statistical error has been made.

Name: If a hypothesis test leads to incorrectly rejecting the null hypothesis, a Type II statistical error has been made.
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Incorrectly rejecting the null hypothesis results in a Type I error, not a Type II error. A Type II error occurs when the null hypothesis is incorrectly accepted (failing to reject the null hypothesis when it is false).

If a Hypothesis Test Leads to Incorrectly Rejecting the Null