CAIE S2 2014 June — Question 6

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2014
SessionJune
TopicHypothesis test of binomial distributions
TypePerform one-tailed hypothesis test

6 A machine is designed to generate random digits between 1 and 5 inclusive. Each digit is supposed to appear with the same probability as the others, but Max claims that the digit 5 is appearing less often than it should. In order to test this claim the manufacturer uses the machine to generate 25 digits and finds that exactly 1 of these digits is a 5 .
  1. Carry out a test of Max's claim at the \(2.5 \%\) significance level.
  2. Max carried out a similar hypothesis test by generating 1000 digits between 1 and 5 inclusive. The digit 5 appeared 180 times. Without carrying out the test, state the distribution that Max should use, including the values of any parameters.
  3. State what is meant by a Type II error in this context.