CAIE S2 2009 November — Question 4

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2009
SessionNovember
TopicHypothesis test of binomial distributions
TypeCalculate Type II error probability

4 It is not known whether a certain coin is fair or biased. In order to perform a hypothesis test, Raj tosses the coin 10 times and counts the number of heads obtained. The probability of obtaining a head on any throw is denoted by \(p\).
  1. The null hypothesis is \(p = 0.5\). Find the acceptance region for the test, given that the probability of a Type I error is to be at most 0.1 .
  2. Calculate the probability of a Type II error in this test if the actual value of \(p\) is 0.7 .