Edexcel S2 2009 June — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2009
SessionJune
TopicHypothesis test of binomial distributions
TypeTwo-tailed test critical region

4. Past records suggest that \(30 \%\) of customers who buy baked beans from a large supermarket buy them in single tins. A new manager questions whether or not there has been a change in the proportion of customers who buy baked beans in single tins. A random sample of 20 customers who had bought baked beans was taken.
  1. Using a \(10 \%\) level of significance, find the critical region for a two-tailed test to answer the manager's question. You should state the probability of rejection in each tail which should be less than 0.05 .
  2. Write down the actual significance level of a test based on your critical region from part (a). The manager found that 11 customers from the sample of 20 had bought baked beans in single tins.
  3. Comment on this finding in the light of your critical region found in part (a).