Paper 1, Section I, H
Part IB, 2015
Suppose that are independent normally distributed random variables, each with mean and variance 1 , and consider testing against . Explain what is meant by the critical region, the size and the power of a test.
For , derive the test that is most powerful among all tests of size at most . Obtain an expression for the power of your test in terms of the standard normal distribution function .
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