OCR S3 2010 June — Question 5

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleS3 (Statistics 3)
Year2010
SessionJune
TopicChi-squared distribution

5 A random variable \(X\) is believed to have (cumulative) distribution function given by $$\mathrm { F } ( x ) = \begin{cases} 0 & x < 0 ,
1 - \mathrm { e } ^ { - x ^ { 2 } } & x \geqslant 0 . \end{cases}$$ In order to test this, a random sample of 150 observations of \(X\) were taken, and their values are summarised in the following grouped frequency table.
Values\(0 \leqslant x < 0.5\)\(0.5 \leqslant x < 1\)\(1 \leqslant x < 1.5\)\(1.5 \leqslant x < 2\)\(x \geqslant 2\)
Frequency415032234
The expected frequencies, correct to 1 decimal place, corresponding to the above distribution, are 33.2, 61.6 and 39.4 respectively for the first 3 cells.
  1. Find the expected frequencies for the last 2 cells.
  2. Carry out a goodness of fit test at the \(2 \frac { 1 } { 2 } \%\) significance level.