CAIE S2 2014 June — Question 5

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2014
SessionJune
TopicHypothesis test of a normal distribution

5 Mahmoud throws a coin 400 times and finds that it shows heads 184 times. The probability that the coin shows heads on any throw is denoted by \(p\).
  1. Calculate an approximate \(95 \%\) confidence interval for \(p\).
  2. Mahmoud claims that the coin is not fair. Use your answer to part (i) to comment on this claim.
  3. Mahmoud's result of 184 heads in 400 throws gives an \(\alpha \%\) confidence interval for \(p\) with width 0.1 . Calculate the value of \(\alpha\).