CAIE S2 2020 June — Question 5

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2020
SessionJune
TopicHypothesis test of a normal distribution

5 Sunita has a six-sided die with faces marked \(1,2,3,4,5,6\). The probability that the die shows a six on any throw is \(p\). Sunita throws the die 500 times and finds that it shows a six 70 times.
  1. Calculate an approximate \(99 \%\) confidence interval for \(p\).
  2. Sunita believes that the die is fair. Use your answer to part (a) to comment on her belief.
  3. Sunita uses the result of her 500 throws to calculate an \(\alpha \%\) confidence interval for \(p\). This interval has width 0.04 . Find the value of \(\alpha\).