The university wants to deliver at least 25% of degrees as first class degrees. The lecturer decides to consider the proportion of first class marks in the new cohort and test whether the true proportion is lower than the university expects. He notes that 0.154 proportion of 130 students in the new cohort achieve a first class mark.
1.What distribution would you use to model an individual student receiving a first class mark?
2.Calculate the method of moments estimator for the parameter of this distribution.
The university wants to deliver at least 25% of degrees as first class degrees. The lecturer decides to consider the proportion of first class marks in the new cohort and test whether the true proport...
Background Information: The university want to deliver at least 25% of degrees as first class degrees. The lecturer decides to consider the proportion of first class marks in the new cohort and test whether the true proportion is lower than the university expects. He notes that 0.154 proportion of 130 students in the new cohort achieve a first class mark. Question: Calculate the method of moments estimator for the parameter of this distribution. Please give as much detail as possible,...