OCR S2 2010 June — Question 5

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2010
SessionJune
TopicHypothesis test of a normal distribution

5 The time \(T\) seconds needed for a computer to be ready to use, from the moment it is switched on, is a normally distributed random variable with standard deviation 5 seconds. The specification of the computer says that the population mean time should be not more than 30 seconds.
  1. A test is carried out, at the \(5 \%\) significance level, of whether the specification is being met, using the mean \(\bar { t }\) of a random sample of 10 times.
    (a) Find the critical region for the test, in terms of \(\bar { t }\).
    (b) Given that the population mean time is in fact 35 seconds, find the probability that the test results in a Type II error.
  2. Because of system degradation and memory load, the population mean time \(\mu\) seconds increases with the number of months of use, \(m\). A formula for \(\mu\) in terms of \(m\) is \(\mu = 20 + 0.6 m\). Use this formula to find the value of \(m\) for which the probability that the test results in rejection of the null hypothesis is 0.5 .