OCR S3 2009 January — Question 8

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleS3 (Statistics 3)
Year2009
SessionJanuary
TopicChi-squared distribution

8 A soft drinks factory produces lemonade which is sold in packs of 6 bottles. As part of the factory's quality control, random samples of 75 packs are examined at regular intervals. The number of underfilled bottles in a pack of 6 bottles is denoted by the random variable \(X\). The results of one quality control check are shown in the following table.
Number of underfilled bottles0123
Number of packs442083
A researcher assumes that \(X \sim \mathrm {~B} ( 3 , p )\).
  1. By finding the sample mean, show that an estimate of \(p\) is 0.2 .
  2. Show that, at the \(5 \%\) significance level, there is evidence that this binomial distribution does not fit the data.
  3. Another researcher suggests that the goodness of fit test should be for \(\mathrm { B } ( 6 , p )\). She finds that the corresponding value of \(\chi ^ { 2 }\) is 2.74 , correct to 3 significant figures. Given that the number of degrees of freedom is the same as in part (ii), state the conclusion of the test at the same significance level.