CAIE S2 2016 June — Question 4

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2016
SessionJune
TopicHypothesis test of a Poisson distribution

4 The number of sightings of a golden eagle at a certain location has a Poisson distribution with mean 2.5 per week. Drilling for oil is started nearby. A naturalist wishes to test at the \(5 \%\) significance level whether there are fewer sightings since the drilling began. He notes that during the following 3 weeks there are 2 sightings.
  1. Find the critical region for the test and carry out the test.
  2. State the probability of a Type I error.
  3. State why the naturalist could not have made a Type II error.