OCR S3 2011 June — Question 7

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleS3 (Statistics 3)
Year2011
SessionJune
TopicWilcoxon tests

7 In order to improve their mathematics results 10 students attended an intensive Summer School course. Each student took a test at the start of the course and a similar test at the end of the course. The table shows the scores achieved in each test.
Student12345678910
First test score37273847542752396223
Second test score47295044723763457632
It is desired to test whether there has been an increase in the population mean score.
  1. Explain why a two-sample \(t\)-test would not be appropriate.
  2. Stating any necessary assumptions, carry out a suitable \(t\)-test at the \(\frac { 1 } { 2 } \%\) significance level.
  3. The Summer School director claims that after taking the course the population mean score increases by more than 5 . Is there sufficient evidence for this claim?