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2.5.1 Statistical hypothesis testing

2.5.1 Statistical hypothesis testing

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Question 11

Polly suspects that a die is biased. The probability of the die landing on 6 is believed to be 0.4, and Polly thinks this probability has changed. The die is to be rolled 20 times, and X X\,X is the number of sixes obtained.

a.

Write down the hypotheses Polly should use.

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b.

Using a 10% significance level, find the critical region for a two-tailed test, with a probability of at most 0.05 in each tail.

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c.

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

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d.

Polly rolls the die 20 times and obtains 11 sixes. Comment on Polly's suspicion.

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