OCR MEI Further Statistics A AS 2023 June — Question 6

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleFurther Statistics A AS (Further Statistics A AS)
Year2023
SessionJune
TopicChi-squared distribution

6 An eight-sided dice has its faces numbered \(1,2 , \ldots , 8\).
  1. In this part of the question you should assume that the dice is fair.
    1. State the probability that, when the dice is rolled once, the score is at least 6 .
    2. Show that the probability that the score is within 2 standard deviations of its mean is 1 .
  2. A student thinks that the dice may be biased. To investigate this, the student decides to roll the dice 80 times and then carry out a \(\chi ^ { 2 }\) goodness of fit test of a uniform distribution. The spreadsheet below shows the data for the test, where some of the values have been deliberately omitted.
    \multirow[b]{2}{*}{1}ABCD
    ScoreObserved frequencyExpected frequencyChi-squared contribution
    2114101.6
    324103.6
    4310100
    541510
    656101.6
    7611100.1
    877100.9
    98100.9
    1. Explain why all of the expected frequencies are equal to 10 .
    2. Determine the missing values in each of the following cells.
      • B9
  3. D5
    (iii) In this question you must show detailed reasoning.
  4. Carry out the \(\chi ^ { 2 }\) test at the \(5 \%\) significance level.