Two types of error. Your company markets a computerized medical diagnosticprogram used

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Two types of error. Your company markets a computerized medical diagnosticprogram used to evaluate thousands of people. The program scans the results ofroutine medical tests (pulse rate, blood tests, etc.) and refers the case to a doctor ifthere is evidence of a medical problem. The program makes a decision about eachperson.(a) What are the two hypotheses and the two types of error that the program canmake? Describe the two types of error in terms of false positive and falsenegative test results.(b) The program can be adjusted to decrease one error probability, at the cost ofan increase in the other error probability. Which error probability would youchoose to make smaller, and why? (This is a matter of judgment. There is nosingle correct answer.)