OCR MEI AS Paper 2 2023 June — Question 13

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleAS Paper 2 (AS Paper 2)
Year2023
SessionJune
TopicHypothesis test of binomial distributions
TypePerform one-tailed hypothesis test

13 In a report published in October 2021 it is stated that \(37 \%\) of adults in the United Kingdom never exercise or play sport. A researcher believes that the true percentage is less than this. They decide to carry out a hypothesis test at the \(5 \%\) level to investigate the claim.
  1. State the null and alternative hypotheses for their test.
  2. Define the parameter for their test. In a random sample of 118 adults, they find that 35 of them never exercise or play sport.
  3. Carry out the test.