CAIE S2 2017 November — Question 7

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2017
SessionNovember
TopicHypothesis test of a Poisson distribution

7 In the past the number of cars sold per day at a showroom has been modelled by a random variable with distribution \(\operatorname { Po } ( 0.7 )\). Following an advertising campaign, it is hoped that the mean number of sales per day will increase. In order to test at the \(10 \%\) significance level whether this is the case, the total number of sales during the first 5 days after the campaign is noted. You should assume that a Poisson model is still appropriate.
  1. Given that the total number of cars sold during the 5 days is 5 , carry out the test.
    The number of cars sold per day at another showroom has the independent distribution \(\operatorname { Po } ( 0.6 )\). Assume that the distribution for the first showroom is still \(\operatorname { Po } ( 0.7 )\).
  2. Find the probability that the total number of cars sold in the two showrooms during 3 days is exactly 2 .