CAIE S2 2013 November — Question 5

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2013
SessionNovember
TopicModelling and Hypothesis Testing
TypeVariance calculation verification

5 A fair six-sided die has faces numbered \(1,2,3,4,5,6\). The score on one throw is denoted by \(X\).
  1. Write down the value of \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\) and show that \(\operatorname { Var } ( X ) = \frac { 35 } { 12 }\). Fayez has a six-sided die with faces numbered \(1,2,3,4,5,6\). He suspects that it is biased so that when it is thrown it is more likely to show a low number than a high number. In order to test his suspicion, he plans to throw the die 50 times. If the mean score is less than 3 he will conclude that the die is biased.
  2. Find the probability of a Type I error.
  3. With reference to this context, describe circumstances in which Fayez would make a Type II error.