In: Statistics and Probability
A national soccer team scores 1 goal per game on average. Let
the data from the past 20 games be given by
1,2,2,1,1,1,1,2,1,4,0,2,3,0,2,1,0,3,4,1. Using this information,
please answer the following questions.
(a) (1 point) What is an appropriate statistical model for the
number of goals scored in a given game if modeled by a random
variable X taking values in {0, 1, 2, . . .}? (b) (1 point)
Formulate an appropriate two-sided testing problem for the model’s
parameter in (a).
(c) (3 points) Use the likelihood ratio test statistic to test the
null hypothesis in (b).
(d) (2+3 points) Make a decision on the null hypothesis in (b) by
means of - an appropriate confidence interval - an appropriate
p-value.
(a)
Suppose, random variable X denotes number of goals scored per game by the national soccer team.
We plot the frequency distribution of X as follows.