Casey and Riley attend a large school. They are discussing the music preferences of the students at their school. Casey believes that the favourite band of 75% of the students is Blue Rocking. Riley believes that the true figure is greater than 75%.
They plan to carry out a hypothesis test at the 5% significance level, using the hypotheses \(H_0: p = 0.75\) and \(H_1: p > 0.75\).
They choose a random sample of 60 students from the school, and note the number, \(X\), who say that their favourite band is Blue Rocking.
They find that \(X = 50\).
- Assuming the null hypothesis to be true, Riley correctly calculates that \(P(X = 50) = 0.0407\), correct to 3 significant figures.
Riley says that, because this value is less than 0.05, the null hypothesis should be rejected.
Explain why this statement is incorrect. [1]
- Carry out the test. [5]
- State which mathematical model is used in the calculation in part (b), including the value(s) of any parameter(s). [1]
- The random sample was chosen without replacement.
Explain whether this invalidates the model used in part (b). [1]