Edexcel AS Paper 2 2023 June — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleAS Paper 2 (AS Paper 2)
Year2023
SessionJune
TopicHypothesis test of binomial distributions
TypeTwo-tailed test critical region

  1. Past information shows that \(25 \%\) of adults in a large population have a particular allergy.
Rylan believes that the proportion that has the allergy differs from 25\%
He takes a random sample of 50 adults from the population.
Rylan carries out a test of the null hypothesis \(\mathrm { H } _ { 0 } : p = 0.25\) using a \(5 \%\) level of significance.
  1. Write down the alternative hypothesis for Rylan's test.
  2. Find the critical region for this test. You should state the probability associated with each tail, which should be as close to \(2.5 \%\) as possible.
  3. State the actual probability of incorrectly rejecting \(\mathrm { H } _ { 0 }\) for this test. Rylan finds that 10 of the adults in his sample have the allergy.
  4. State the conclusion of Rylan's hypothesis test.