CAIE S2 2010 November — Question 6

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2010
SessionNovember
TopicHypothesis test of binomial distributions
TypePerform one-tailed hypothesis test

6 It is claimed that a certain 6-sided die is biased so that it is more likely to show a six than if it was fair. In order to test this claim at the \(10 \%\) significance level, the die is thrown 10 times and the number of sixes is noted.
  1. Given that the die shows a six on 3 of the 10 throws, carry out the test. On another occasion the same test is carried out again.
  2. Find the probability of a Type I error.
  3. Explain what is meant by a Type II error in this context.