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2.5 Statistical Hypothesis Testing

2.5 Statistical Hypothesis Testing

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Question 42

A company tests H0:p=0.7H_0:p=0.7H0​:p=0.7 against H1:p<0.7 H_1:p<0.7\,H1​:p<0.7 using a random sample of 45 outcomes. Its critical region is X≤24X\leq24X≤24.

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Calculate the actual significance level.

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b.

Describe a Type I error in this context, where success means an order arrives on time.

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c.

Explain how increasing the sample size can improve the test while keeping the significance level no greater than 2.5%.

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2.5 Statistical Hypothesis Testing Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Maths
  3. /2.5 Statistical Hypothesis Testing

355 exam-style questions on OCR (MEI) A Level Maths 2.5 Statistical Hypothesis Testing, covering 2.5.1 Process and language of hypothesis testing, 2.5.2 When to apply 1-tail and 2-tail tests, 2.5.3 Significance level and incorrect rejection, 2.5.4 Null and alternative hypotheses (binomial), 2.5.5 Conduct a binomial hypothesis test, 2.5.6 Critical and acceptance regions (binomial), 2.5.7 Distribution of the sample mean (A-level only), 2.5.8 Hypothesis test for a single mean (A-level only), 2.5.9 Critical and acceptance regions (mean) (A-level only), 2.5.10 Correlation as closeness to a straight line (A-level only), 2.5.11 Inference using a correlation coefficient (A-level only), and 2.5 Statistical Hypothesis Testing. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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