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Explain type 1 errors and their likelihood. If we change the sampling distribution and omit all measurements below the mean, what impact will this have on the possibility of a type 1 error?

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Interview question asked to Data Scientists interviewing at GoCardless, Flexport, Twitch and others: Explain type 1 errors and their likelihood. If we change the sampling distribution and omit all measurements below the mean, what impact will this have on the possibility of a type 1 error?.