Edexcel S2 2013 June — Question 6

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2013
SessionJune
TopicHypothesis test of a Poisson distribution

6. Frugal bakery claims that their packs of 10 muffins contain on average 80 raisins per pack. A Poisson distribution is used to describe the number of raisins per muffin. A muffin is selected at random to test whether or not the mean number of raisins per muffin has changed.
  1. Find the critical region for a two-tailed test using a \(10 \%\) level of significance. The probability of rejection in each tail should be less than 0.05
  2. Find the actual significance level of this test. The bakery has a special promotion claiming that their muffins now contain even more raisins. A random sample of 10 muffins is selected and is found to contain a total of 95 raisins.
  3. Use a suitable approximation to test the bakery's claim. You should state your hypotheses clearly and use a \(5 \%\) level of significance.