A die is rolled 600 times. The face with six spots appears 112 times. Is the die biased towards that face, or is this just chance variation? The null hypothesis is

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campbell_st · Answer

so the theoretical probability would be 1/6 so in 600 rolls you would expect tehoretically 100 with 6 spots. 

so is 112 showing bias... for me... no...

anonymous · Answer

Do you means that - The chance that the face with six spots appears is equal to 1/6, and the face appeared 112 times in the sample just by chance.

campbell_st · Answer

that correct 1/6... called theoretical probability... and you have run an experiment where you would expect 100 6 spots... 

the relative frequency in you results is 112/600

campbell_st · Answer

thats what I'm saying... there is a 2% difference between actual and theoretical results...

campbell_st · Answer

so the variation can be put down to random variation.

anonymous · Answer

How do you go about finding the P-value for this problem?  I tried to find it, and got P=1.86, and got it wrong.