Edexcel S3 2009 June — Question 5

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS3 (Statistics 3)
Year2009
SessionJune
TopicPoisson Distribution
TypeFrequency distribution and Poisson fit

5. The number of goals scored by a football team is recorded for 100 games. The results are summarised in Table 1 below. \begin{table}[h]
Number of goalsFrequency
040
133
214
38
45
\captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Table 1}
\end{table}
  1. Calculate the mean number of goals scored per game. The manager claimed that the number of goals scored per match follows a Poisson distribution. He used the answer in part (a) to calculate the expected frequencies given in Table 2. \begin{table}[h]
    Number of goalsExpected Frequency
    034.994
    1\(r\)
    2\(s\)
    36.752
    \(\geqslant 4\)2.221
    \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Table 2}
    \end{table}
  2. Find the value of \(r\) and the value of \(s\) giving your answers to 3 decimal places.
  3. Stating your hypotheses clearly, use a \(5 \%\) level of significance to test the manager's claim.