Edexcel S2 2009 June — Question 2

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2009
SessionJune
TopicHypothesis test of a Poisson distribution

2. An effect of a certain disease is that a small number of the red blood cells are deformed. Emily has this disease and the deformed blood cells occur randomly at a rate of 2.5 per ml of her blood. Following a course of treatment, a random sample of 2 ml of Emily's blood is found to contain only 1 deformed red blood cell. Stating your hypotheses clearly and using a \(5 \%\) level of significance, test whether or not there has been a decrease in the number of deformed red blood cells in Emily's blood.