OCR S3 2011 January — Question 1

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleS3 (Statistics 3)
Year2011
SessionJanuary
TopicHypothesis test of a normal distribution

1 A random variable has a normal distribution with unknown mean \(\mu\) and known standard deviation 0.19 . In order to estimate \(\mu\) a random sample of five observations of the random variable was taken. The values were as follows. $$\begin{array} { l l l l l } 5.44 & 4.93 & 5.12 & 5.36 & 5.40 \end{array}$$ Using these five values, calculate,
  1. an estimate of \(\mu\),
  2. a 95\% confidence interval for \(\mu\).