A researcher is interested in testing the relationship between the amount of fat in one's diet and the development of cancer (of any type).
a. What is the research hypothesis? What is the null hypothesis?
b. How will the researcher determine whether or not there is a relationship between dietary fat and cancer? What steps will the researcher take?
c. Assume that the researcher made an error of the second type (i.e., a type II error). What did the researcher do to make this error?