Your company markets a computerized medical diagnostic program used to evaluate thousands of people. The program scans the results of routine medical tests (pulse rate, blood tests, etc.) and refers the case to a doctor if there is evidence of a medical problem. The program makes a decision about each person. The hypotheses are: H0: The patient is healthy.
Ha: The patient has a medical problem.
Which of the following describes a Type I error in this situation?
A. Not referring a patient with a medical problem to the doctor.
B. Sending a patient with a medical problem to the doctor.
C. Sending a healthy patient to the doctor.
D. Not referring a healthy patient to the doctor.