Edexcel S2 2018 October — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2018
SessionOctober
TopicHypothesis test of binomial distributions
TypeExpected value and most likely value

4. A bag contains a large number of marbles, each of which is blue or red. A random sample of 3 marbles is taken from the bag. The random variable \(D\) represents the number of blue marbles taken minus the number of red marbles taken. Given that 20\% of the marbles in the bag are blue,
  1. show that \(\mathrm { P } ( D = - 1 ) = 0.384\)
  2. find the sampling distribution of \(D\)
  3. write down the mode of \(D\) Takashi claims that the true proportion of blue marbles is greater than 20\% and tests his claim by selecting a random sample of 12 marbles from the bag.
  4. Find the critical region for this test at the 10\% level of significance.
  5. State the actual significance level of this test. \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{d2f40cdb-917a-4377-88f4-396766a299e2-15_2255_47_314_37}