Mathematics 9709 · AS & A Level · Hypothesis testing

Hypothesis testing — practice question

A fair spinner has five sectors labelled $1, 2, 3, 4, 5$. Let the score from one spin be denoted by $X$.
(a)[1]

Demonstrate that $\operatorname{Var}(X) = 2$.

(b)[4]

Fiona owns a second spinner, again with five sides numbered $1, 2, 3, 4, 5$. She thinks that it is biased so that the expected score is below $3$. To test this idea, she intends to spin it $40$ times. If the mean score is less than $2.6$ she will decide that her spinner is biased in this way. Find the probability of a Type I error.

(c)[1]

State the meaning of a Type II error in this context.

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This 6-mark question has a full step-by-step worked solution and mark scheme. One marking point: Correct calculation $(1^2+2^2+3^2+4^2+5^2)\div5 - 3^2 = 2$

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