Why failing to reject a null hypothesis $H_0$ is type 2 false negative?
In my understanding:
- False Positive (Type 1) is judging a false statement incorrectly as true.
- False Negative (Type 2) is judging a true statement incorrectly as false.
Suppose a medicine Y is effective but X is placebo that has no effect. The null hypothesis $H_0$ will be (Y is X) meaning Y is as ineffective as placebo, and $H_0$ is a false statement.
Then, judging $H_0$ incorrectly as true should be type 1 false positive. However, it is false negative.
The second kind of error is the mistaken failure to reject the null hypothesis as the result of a test procedure. This sort of error is called a type II error (false negative)
Why is judging the alternative hypothesis $H_a$, which is a true statement (Y is NOT X), as false not type 2 false negative?
Please help understand why.