1. A professor at University of Alabama conducted a study on the relationship between type of legal council (public defender vs. private) and the length of sentence received by the client. The researcher found that there is a statistically significant relationship between type of council and length of sentence. Using this information answer the following questions.

A. What type of error might the research be making?

B. Which type of error is considered worse in the scientific community (and the book)?

C. Provide one strategy you could use to reduce the likelihood that you might reject a null hypothesis that is true?