IB skill practice

Test a Poisson mean

Standardise a sample mean from Poisson counts for a mean test.

Paper 1, Paper 2 5 marks Difficulty 3

Test a Poisson mean - official syllabus scenario

Read the official-HL feature being tested first. A library system tests a Poisson mean with \(H_0:\lambda=5\), sample mean \(\bar x=5.55\), and \(n=36\). Calculate the z statistic. Enter the requested value and choose the interpretation that matches the result.

Worked practice: result and interpretation

Calculate the requested result first, then choose the interpretation that follows from it.