Edexcel S2 2017 January — Question 6

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2017
SessionJanuary
TopicApproximating Binomial to Normal Distribution
TypeOne-tailed hypothesis test

  1. A seed producer claims that \(96 \%\) of its bean seeds germinate.
To test the producer's claim, a random sample of 75 bean seeds was planted and 66 of these seeds germinated. Use a suitable approximation to test, at the \(1 \%\) level of significance, whether or not the producer is overstating the probability of its bean seeds germinating. State your hypotheses clearly.