OCR MEI AS Paper 2 2024 June — Question 12

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleAS Paper 2 (AS Paper 2)
Year2024
SessionJune
TopicHypothesis test of binomial distributions
TypeState hypotheses with additional parts

12 Data collected in the twentieth century showed that the probability of a randomly selected person having blue eyes was 0.08 . A medical researcher believes that the probability in 2024 is less than this so they decide to carry out a hypothesis test at the \(5 \%\) significance level.
  1. Write down suitable hypotheses for the test, defining the parameter used.
  2. Assuming that the probability that a person selected at random has blue eyes is still 0.08 , calculate the probability that 3 or fewer people in a random sample of 92 people have blue eyes. The researcher collects a random sample of 92 people and finds that 3 of them have blue eyes.
  3. Use your answer to part (b) to carry out the test, giving your conclusion in context.