Edexcel S4 2004 June — Question 3

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS4 (Statistics 4)
Year2004
SessionJune
TopicHypothesis test of a Poisson distribution

3. It is suggested that a Poisson distribution with parameter \(\lambda\) can model the number of currants in a currant bun. A random bun is selected in order to test the hypotheses \(\mathrm { H } _ { 0 } : \lambda = 8\) against \(\mathrm { H } _ { 1 } : \lambda \neq 8\), using a \(10 \%\) level of significance.
  1. Find the critical region for this test, such that the probability in each tail is as close as possible to \(5 \%\).
  2. Given that \(\lambda = 10\), find
    1. the probability of a type II error,
    2. the power of the test.
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