OCR S2 2014 June — Question 8 6 marks

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2014
SessionJune
Marks6
TopicHypothesis test of a Poisson distribution

8 The random variable \(W\) has the distribution \(\operatorname { Po } ( \lambda )\). A significance test is carried out of the null hypothesis \(\mathrm { H } _ { 0 } : \lambda = 3.60\), against the alternative hypothesis \(\mathrm { H } _ { 1 } : \lambda < 3.60\). The test is based on a single observation of \(W\). The critical region is \(W = 0\).
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  1. Find the significance level of the test. [2]
  2. It is known that, when \(\boldsymbol { \lambda } = \boldsymbol { \lambda } _ { \mathbf { 0 } }\), the probability that the test results in a Type II error is \(\mathbf { 0 . 8 }\). Find the value of \(\lambda _ { 0 }\). [4] \section*{END OF QUESTION PAPER}