Edexcel S2 2016 June — Question 3

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2016
SessionJune
TopicHypothesis test of binomial distributions
TypeSingle observation hypothesis test

3. A single observation \(x\) is to be taken from \(X \sim \mathrm {~B} ( 12 , p )\) This observation is used to test \(\mathrm { H } _ { 0 } : p = 0.45\) against \(\mathrm { H } _ { 1 } : p > 0.45\)
  1. Using a \(5 \%\) level of significance, find the critical region for this test.
  2. State the actual significance level of this test. The value of the observation is found to be 9
  3. State the conclusion that can be made based on this observation.
  4. State whether or not this conclusion would change if the same test was carried out at the
    1. 10\% level of significance,
    2. \(1 \%\) level of significance.