Thread: unfair die
View Single Post
  #2  
Old June 30th, 2009, 08:50 AM
malaygoel's Avatar
malaygoel malaygoel is offline
Super Member
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: India
Posts: 642
Country:
Thanks: 38
Thanked 137 Times in 127 Posts
malaygoel has a spectacular aura aboutmalaygoel has a spectacular aura about
Send a message via Yahoo to malaygoel
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by kclark36 View Post
Here is a problem that I have been working on. I am mixed up on the different testing formulas. I included what i did so far after each question. Thanks for looking

It is suspected that a particular die used in a game of chance was not fair. It was thought that the 1-side was heacy and the 6-side was light. Data was collected concerning the number of observed 1-s when the die was rolled 5000 times. Let p1 equal the probability of rolling a one with that die. We will test the hypothesis H0 p1=1/6 against the alternative hypothesis H1 p1<1/6 (i don't understand why this is < either)
I think that since 1-side was heacy, it makes more probable to be 1 on the lower side.
__________________
Keep Smiling
Malay


raah pakad tu ek chala chal, paa jayega madhushala
Reply With Quote