7 In the past, the number of house sales completed per week by a building company has been modelled by a random variable which has the distribution \(\mathrm { Po } ( 0.8 )\). Following a publicity campaign, the builders hope that the mean number of sales per week will increase. In order to test at the \(5 \%\) significance level whether this is the case, the total number of sales during the first 3 weeks after the campaign is noted. It is assumed that a Poisson model is still appropriate.
- Given that the total number of sales during the 3 weeks is 5 , carry out the test.
- During the following 3 weeks the same test is carried out again, using the same significance level. Find the probability of a Type I error.
- Explain what is meant by a Type I error in this context.
- State what further information would be required in order to find the probability of a Type II error.