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Question 29
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A company produces pens. The probability that any pen is defective is 0.08.

a.

A sample of 15 pens is taken. Find the probability that 2 or more pens are defective.

[2]
b.

An employee claims that the probability that a pen is defective is more than 0.08. They take a sample of 20 pens and 3 are defective. Stating your hypothesis clearly, test the employee's claim at the 5% significance level.

[5]
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Hypothesis Testing Questions

  1. AS Level
  2. /Maths
  3. /Hypothesis Testing

33 exam-style questions on Edexcel AS Level Maths Hypothesis Testing, covering 7.1 Hypothesis Testing, 7.2 Finding Critical Values, 7.3 One-Tailed Tests, and 7.4 Two-Tailed Tests. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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