Probability & Statistics 2 — Variant 2
A Level Mathematics · 9709/62 · Feb/March 2023
Questions
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The number of accidents per -month period on a certain road has the distribution . In the past the value of has been . Following some changes to the road, the council carries out a hypothesis test to determine whether the value of has decreased. If there are fewer than accidents in a randomly chosen -month period, the council will conclude that the value of has decreased.
4(a)
[2]
Find the probability of a Type I error.
4(b)
[3]
Find the probability of a Type II error if the mean number of accidents per -month period is now actually .
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