5. Rolls of cloth delivered to a factory contain defects at an average rate of \(\lambda\) per metre. A quality assurance manager selects a random sample of 15 metres of cloth from each delivery to test whether or not there is evidence that \(\lambda > 0.3\). The criterion that the manager uses for rejecting the hypothesis that \(\lambda = 0.3\) is that there are 9 or more defects in the sample.
- Find the size of the test.
Table 1 gives some values, to 2 decimal places, of the power function of this test.
\begin{table}[h]
| \(\lambda\) | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| Power | 0.15 | 0.34 | \(r\) | 0.72 | 0.85 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
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\caption{Table 1}
\end{table} - Find the value of \(r\).
The manager would like to design a test, of whether or not \(\lambda > 0.3\), that uses a smaller length of cloth. He chooses a length of 10 m and requires the probability of a type I error to be less than \(10 \%\).
- Find the criterion to reject the hypothesis that \(\lambda = 0.3\) which makes the test as powerful as possible.
- Hence state the size of this second test.
Table 2 gives some values, to 2 decimal places, of the power function for the test in part (c).
\begin{table}[h]
| \(\lambda\) | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| Power | 0.21 | 0.38 | 0.55 | 0.70 | \(s\) | 0.88 | 0.93 |
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\caption{Table 2}
\end{table} - Find the value of \(s\).
- Using the same axes, on graph paper draw the graphs of the power functions of these two tests.
- State the value of \(\lambda\) where the graphs cross.
- Explain the significance of \(\lambda\) being greater than this value.
The cost of wrongly rejecting a delivery of cloth with \(\lambda = 0.3\) is low. Deliveries of cloth with \(\lambda > 0.7\) are unusual.
- Suggest, giving your reasons, which the test manager should adopt.
(2)