Maybe I can help you with that ... the mnemonic I developed is: Type I error, with probability often denoted by α (alpha) which is the first (I) letter of the

Maybe I can help you with that ... the mnemonic I developed is: Type I error, with probability often denoted by α (alpha) which is the first (I) letter of the alpha bet. AL-PH-A stands for al ALlegedly PHalse Alarm. Or just fALse-Positive-HA! (yes, it's stupid, and weird, but has been helping me remember it for nearly three decades now).