Based on the following
A parents group has charged that minority students are more likely than other students to be suspended for breaking school rules. For example, minority students are more likely to be suspended for fighting. The school superintendent has a random sample of 200 cases drawn from the list of all students in grades 7 through 12 who have been cited for serious school infractions. For each sample, student data are gathered on the students racial or ethnic group, nature of offense, and action taken.
State a hypothesis that the superintendent may have tested.
What would be the practical consequences of committing a Type I error?
A Type II error?
Should the superintendent seek to minimize a Type I or a Type II error?
