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2.5.1 Statistical hypothesis testing

2.5.1 Statistical hypothesis testing

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Question 1

A roadside study found that 62% of petrol cars in its sample had CO2 _2\,2​ emissions above 150 g/km. The study sampled cars from three regions during one year.

Sam takes a random sample of 28 petrol cars from a garage and wishes to test, at the 10% significance level with a probability of at most 0.05 in each tail, whether the proportion of petrol cars with CO2 _2\,2​ emissions above 150 g/km differs from 62%.

a.

Find the critical region for Sam's test.

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b.

Find the actual significance level of a test based on this critical region.

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c.

In Sam's sample, 23 of the cars have CO2 _2\,2​ emissions above 150 g/km. State Sam's conclusion in context.

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d.

Using the information about the original study, give one reason why Sam's conclusion cannot be applied to all petrol cars registered in England.

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2.5.1 Statistical hypothesis testing Questions

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