Table of error types Null hypothesis (\( H_0 \)) is
True False
Decision about
null hypothesis (\( H_0 \))
Not reject Correct inference
(True negative)
\( (p = 1 - \alpha) \)
Type II error
(False negative)
\( (p = \beta) \)
Reject Type I error
(False positive)
\( (p = \alpha) \)
Correct inference
(True positive)
\( (p = 1 - \beta) \)