Further Mathematics · AQA 7367 · Option S · Topic SC

Type I and Type II errors

Type I and Type II errors and the power of a test.

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  • Taught in Year 13
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  1. SC1Type I and Type II errorsY13
  2. SC2The power of a testY13

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Errors in hypothesis testing · Year 13 · 1 mark

  1. What is a Type II error?
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  1. The power of a test is 1 − P(TypeIIerror)\mathrm{P}(Type II error).A: Not rejecting the null hypothesis when it is false

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The quality of a test · Year 13 · 6 marks

A test of H0:p=0.25H_0: p = 0.25 against H1:p>0.25H_1: p > 0.25 uses a sample of 30, at the 5% level of significance. XX is the number of successes.
  1. (a)
    Find the critical region for the test.
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  2. (b)
    Write down the size of the test.
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  3. (c)
    Find the power of the test when p=0.5p = 0.5, and explain what it means.
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Part (a)2 marks

  1. The largest region with probability at most 0.05.P(X≥13)\mathrm{P}(X \geq 13)=0.0216≤0.05, P(X≥12){}= 0.0216 \leq 0.05, \ \mathrm{P}(X \geq 12)=0.0507>0.05{}= 0.0507 > 0.05
  2. X≥13X \geq 13

Part (b)1 mark

  1. The actual probability of a Type I error.0.02160.0216

Part (c)3 marks

  1. P(X≥13∣p=0.5)\mathrm{P}(X \geq 13 \mid p = 0.5)
  2. =0.8192= 0.8192
  3. Power = 1 − P(Type II error).The probability of correctly rejecting H₀ when p=0.5p = 0.5.

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