CAIE S2 2016 June — Question 2

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2016
SessionJune
TopicHypothesis test of binomial distributions
TypeFind or state significance level

2 Jacques is a chef. He claims that \(90 \%\) of his customers are satisfied with his cooking. Marie suspects that the true percentage is lower than \(90 \%\). She asks a random sample of 15 of Jacques' customers whether they are satisfied. She then performs a hypothesis test of the null hypothesis \(p = 0.9\) against the alternative hypothesis \(p < 0.9\), where \(p\) is the population proportion of customers who are satisfied. She decides to reject the null hypothesis if fewer than 12 customers are satisfied.
  1. In the context of the question, explain what is meant by a Type I error.
  2. Find the probability of a Type I error in Marie's test.