OCR PURE 2066 — Question 11

Exam BoardOCR
ModulePURE
Year2066
TopicHypothesis test of binomial distributions
TypePerform one-tailed hypothesis test

11 It is known that, under the standard treatment for a certain disease, \(9.7 \%\) of patients with the disease experience side effects within one year. In a trial of a new treatment, a random sample of 450 patients with this disease was selected and the number \(X\) who experienced side effects within one year was noted.
  1. State one assumption needed in order to use a binomial model for \(X\). It was found that 51 of the 450 patients experienced side effects within one year.
  2. Test, at the \(10 \%\) significance level, whether the proportion of patients experiencing side effects within one year is greater under the new treatment than under the standard treatment.