2.II.19C

Statistics | Part IB, 2006

Suppose that X1,,XnX_{1}, \ldots, X_{n} are independent normal random variables of unknown mean θ\theta and variance 1 . It is desired to test the hypothesis H0:θ0H_{0}: \theta \leq 0 against the alternative H1:θ>0H_{1}: \theta>0. Show that there is a uniformly most powerful test of size α=1/20\alpha=1 / 20 and identify a critical region for such a test in the case n=9n=9. If you appeal to any theoretical result from the course you should also prove it.

[The 95th percentile of the standard normal distribution is 1.65.]

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