OCR S2 2006 June — Question 7

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2006
SessionJune
TopicHypothesis test of a normal distribution

7 Three independent researchers, \(A , B\) and \(C\), carry out significance tests on the power consumption of a manufacturer's domestic heaters. The power consumption, \(X\) watts, is a normally distributed random variable with mean \(\mu\) and standard deviation 60. Each researcher tests the null hypothesis \(\mathrm { H } _ { 0 } : \mu = 4000\) against the alternative hypothesis \(\mathrm { H } _ { 1 } : \mu > 4000\). Researcher \(A\) uses a sample of size 50 and a significance level of \(5 \%\).
  1. Find the critical region for this test, giving your answer correct to 4 significant figures. In fact the value of \(\mu\) is 4020 .
  2. Calculate the probability that Researcher \(A\) makes a Type II error.
  3. Researcher \(B\) uses a sample bigger than 50 and a significance level of \(5 \%\). Explain whether the probability that Researcher \(B\) makes a Type II error is less than, equal to, or greater than your answer to part (ii).
  4. Researcher \(C\) uses a sample of size 50 and a significance level bigger than \(5 \%\). Explain whether the probability that Researcher \(C\) makes a Type II error is less than, equal to, or greater than your answer to part (ii).
  5. State with a reason whether it is necessary to use the Central Limit Theorem at any point in this question.