Edexcel S2 — Question 4

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

4. From past records a manufacturer of glass vases knows that \(15 \%\) of the production have slight defects. To monitor the production, a random sample of 20 vases is checked each day and the number of vases with slight defects is recorded.
  1. Using a 5\% significance level, find the critical regions for a two-tailed test of the hypothesis that the probability of a vase with slight defects is 0.15 . The probability of rejecting, in either tail, should be as close as possible to \(2.5 \%\).
  2. State the actual significance level of the test described in part (a). A shop sells these vases at a rate of 2.5 per week. In the 4 weeks of December the shop sold 15 vases.
  3. Stating your hypotheses clearly test, at the \(5 \%\) level of significance, whether or not there is evidence that the rate of sales per week had increased in December.
    (6 marks)