Expected value and most likely value

A question is this type if and only if it asks the student to find the expected number or the most likely number (mode) of successes in a binomial distribution, in addition to or instead of probabilities.

10 questions

OCR MEI S1 2008 January Q7
7 A particular product is made from human blood given by donors. The product is stored in bags. The production process is such that, on average, \(5 \%\) of bags are faulty. Each bag is carefully tested before use.
  1. 12 bags are selected at random.
    (A) Find the probability that exactly one bag is faulty.
    (B) Find the probability that at least two bags are faulty.
    (C) Find the expected number of faulty bags in the sample.
  2. A random sample of \(n\) bags is selected. The production manager wishes there to be a probability of one third or less of finding any faulty bags in the sample. Find the maximum possible value of \(n\), showing your working clearly.
  3. A scientist believes that a new production process will reduce the proportion of faulty bags. A random sample of 60 bags made using the new process is checked and one bag is found to be faulty. Write down suitable hypotheses and carry out a hypothesis test at the \(10 \%\) level to determine whether there is evidence to suggest that the scientist is correct.
OCR MEI S1 2007 June Q8
8 A multinational accountancy firm receives a large number of job applications from graduates each year. On average \(20 \%\) of applicants are successful. A researcher in the human resources department of the firm selects a random sample of 17 graduate applicants.
  1. Find the probability that at least 4 of the 17 applicants are successful.
  2. Find the expected number of successful applicants in the sample.
  3. Find the most likely number of successful applicants in the sample, justifying your answer. It is suggested that mathematics graduates are more likely to be successful than those from other fields. In order to test this suggestion, the researcher decides to select a new random sample of 17 mathematics graduate applicants. The researcher then carries out a hypothesis test at the \(5 \%\) significance level.
  4. (A) Write down suitable null and alternative hypotheses for the test.
    (B) Give a reason for your choice of the alternative hypothesis.
  5. Find the critical region for the test at the \(5 \%\) level, showing all of your calculations.
  6. Explain why the critical region found in part (v) would be unaltered if a \(10 \%\) significance level were used.
OCR MEI S1 Q4
4 A particular product is made from human blood given by donors. The product is stored in bags. The production process is such that, on average, \(5 \%\) of bags are faulty. Each bag is carefully tested before use.
  1. 12 bags are selected at random.
    (A) Find the probability that exactly one bag is faulty.
    (B) Find the probability that at least two bags are faulty.
    (C) Find the expected number of faulty bags in the sample.
  2. A random sample of \(n\) bags is selected. The production manager wishes there to be a probability of one third or less of finding any faulty bags in the sample. Find the maximum possible value of \(n\), showing your working clearly.
  3. A scientist believes that a new production process will reduce the proportion of faulty bags. A random sample of 60 bags made using the new process is checked and one bag is found to be faulty. Write down suitable hypotheses and carry out a hypothesis test at the \(10 \%\) level to determine whether there is evidence to suggest that the scientist is correct.
OCR MEI S1 Q1
1 A multinational accountancy firm receives a large number of job applications from graduates each year. On average \(20 \%\) of applicants are successful. A researcher in the human resources department of the firm selects a random sample of 17 graduate applicants.
  1. Find the probability that at least 4 of the 17 applicants are successful.
  2. Find the expected number of successful applicants in the sample.
  3. Find the most likely number of successful applicants in the sample, justifying your answer. It is suggested that mathematics graduates are more likely to be successful than those from other fields. In order to test this suggestion, the researcher decides to select a new random sample of 17 mathematics graduate applicants. The researcher then carries out a hypothesis test at the \(5 \%\) significance level.
  4. (A) Write down suitable null and alternative hypotheses for the test.
    (B) Give a reason for your choice of the alternative hypothesis.
  5. Find the critical region for the test at the \(5 \%\) level, showing all of your calculations.
  6. Explain why the critical region found in part (v) would be unaltered if a \(10 \%\) significance level were used.
OCR MEI S1 2016 June Q7
7 To withdraw money from a cash machine, the user has to enter a 4-digit PIN (personal identification number). There are several thousand possible 4-digit PINs, but a survey found that \(10 \%\) of cash machine users use the PIN '1234'.
  1. 16 cash machine users are selected at random.
    (A) Find the probability that exactly 3 of them use 1234 as their PIN.
    (B) Find the probability that at least 3 of them use 1234 as their PIN.
    (C) Find the expected number of them who use 1234 as their PIN. An advertising campaign aims to reduce the number of people who use 1234 as their PIN. A hypothesis test is to be carried out to investigate whether the advertising campaign has been successful.
  2. Write down suitable null and alternative hypotheses for the test. Give a reason for your choice of alternative hypothesis.
  3. A random sample of 20 cash machine users is selected.
    (A) Explain why the test could not be carried out at the \(10 \%\) significance level.
    (B) The test is to be carried out at the \(k \%\) significance level. State the lowest integer value of \(k\) for which the test could result in the rejection of the null hypothesis.
  4. A new random sample of 60 cash machine users is selected. It is found that 2 of them use 1234 as their PIN. You are given that, if \(X \sim \mathrm {~B} ( 60,0.1 )\), then (to 4 decimal places) $$\mathrm { P } ( X = 2 ) = 0.0393 , \quad \mathrm { P } ( X < 2 ) = 0.0138 , \quad \mathrm { P } ( X \leqslant 2 ) = 0.0530 .$$ Using the same hypotheses as in part (ii), carry out the test at the \(5 \%\) significance level. \section*{END OF QUESTION PAPER}
Edexcel S2 2016 June Q7
7. Last year \(4 \%\) of cars tested in a large chain of garages failed an emissions test. A random sample of \(n\) of these cars is taken. The number of cars that fail the test is represented by \(X\) Given that the standard deviation of \(X\) is 1.44
    1. find the value of \(n\)
    2. find \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\) A random sample of 20 of the cars tested is taken.
  1. Find the probability that all of these cars passed the emissions test. Given that at least 1 of these cars failed the emissions test,
  2. find the probability that exactly 3 of these cars failed the emissions test. A car mechanic claims that more than \(4 \%\) of the cars tested at the garage chain this year are failing the emissions test. A random sample of 125 of these cars is taken and 10 of these cars fail the emissions test.
  3. Using a suitable approximation, test whether or not there is evidence to support the mechanic's claim. Use a \(5 \%\) level of significance and state your hypotheses clearly.
Edexcel S2 2017 June Q4
4. In a large population, past records show that 1 in 200 adults has a particular allergy. In a random sample of 700 adults selected from the population, estimate
    1. the mean number of adults with the allergy,
    2. the standard deviation of the number of adults with the allergy. Give your answer to 3 decimal places. A doctor claims that the past records are out of date and the proportion of adults with the allergy is higher than the records indicate. A random sample of 500 adults is taken from the population and 5 are found to have the allergy. A test of the doctor's claim is to be carried out at the 5\% level of significance.
    1. State the hypotheses for this test.
    2. Using a suitable approximation, carry out the test.
      (6) It is also claimed that \(30 \%\) of those with the allergy take medication for it daily. To test this claim, a random sample of \(n\) people with the allergy is taken. The random variable \(Y\) represents the number of people in the sample who take medication for the allergy daily. A two-tailed test, at the \(1 \%\) level of significance, is carried out to see if the proportion differs from 30\% The critical region for the test is \(Y = 0\) or \(Y \geqslant w\)
  1. Find the smallest possible value of \(n\) and the corresponding value of \(w\)
Edexcel S2 2018 October Q4
4. A bag contains a large number of marbles, each of which is blue or red. A random sample of 3 marbles is taken from the bag. The random variable \(D\) represents the number of blue marbles taken minus the number of red marbles taken. Given that 20\% of the marbles in the bag are blue,
  1. show that \(\mathrm { P } ( D = - 1 ) = 0.384\)
  2. find the sampling distribution of \(D\)
  3. write down the mode of \(D\) Takashi claims that the true proportion of blue marbles is greater than 20\% and tests his claim by selecting a random sample of 12 marbles from the bag.
  4. Find the critical region for this test at the 10\% level of significance.
  5. State the actual significance level of this test. \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{d2f40cdb-917a-4377-88f4-396766a299e2-15_2255_47_314_37}
Edexcel S2 2016 June Q2
  1. In a region of the UK, \(5 \%\) of people have red hair. In a random sample of size \(n\), taken from this region, the expected number of people with red hair is 3
    1. Calculate the value of \(n\).
    A random sample of 20 people is taken from this region. Find the probability that
    1. exactly 4 of these people have red hair,
    2. at least 4 of these people have red hair. Patrick claims that Reddman people have a probability greater than \(5 \%\) of having red hair. In a random sample of 50 Reddman people, 4 of them have red hair.
  2. Stating your hypotheses clearly, test Patrick's claim. Use a \(1 \%\) level of significance.
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Edexcel S2 Q3
3. The Driving Theory Test includes 30 questions which require one answer to be selected from four options.
  1. Phil ticks answers at random. Find how many of the 30 he should expect to get right.
  2. If he gets 15 correct, decide whether this is evidence that he has actually done some revision. Use a \(5 \%\) significance level. Another candidate, Sarah, has revised and has a 0.9 probability of getting each question right.
  3. Determine the expected number of answers that Sarah will get right.
  4. Find the probability that Sarah gets more than 25 correct answers out of 30.