OCR MEI S2 2013 January — Question 4

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2013
SessionJanuary
TopicChi-squared distribution

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  1. A random sample of 60 students studying mathematics was selected. Their grades in the Core 1 module are summarised in the table below, classified according to whether they worked less than 5 hours per week or at least 5 hours per week. Test, at the \(5 \%\) significance level, whether there is any association between grade and hours worked.
    Hours worked
    \cline { 3 - 4 } \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{}Less than 5At least 5
    \multirow{2}{*}{Grade}A or B2011
    \cline { 2 - 4 }C or lower1316
  2. At a canning factory, cans are filled with tomato purée. The machine which fills the cans is set so that the volume of tomato purée in a can, measured in millilitres, is Normally distributed with mean 420 and standard deviation 3.5. After the machine is recalibrated, a quality control officer wishes to check whether the mean is still 420 millilitres. A random sample of 10 cans of tomato purée is selected and the volumes, measured in millilitres, are as follows. $$\begin{array} { l l l l l l l l l l } 417.2 & 422.6 & 414.3 & 419.6 & 420.4 & 410.0 & 418.3 & 416.9 & 418.9 & 419.7 \end{array}$$ Carry out a test at the \(1 \%\) significance level to investigate whether the mean is still 420 millilitres. You should assume that the volumes are Normally distributed with unchanged standard deviation.