CAIE FP2 2010 June — Question 10

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFP2 (Further Pure Mathematics 2)
Year2010
SessionJune
TopicWilcoxon tests

10 Carpal Tunnel syndrome is a condition which affects a person's ability to grip with their hands. Researchers tested a treatment for this syndrome which was applied to 8 randomly chosen patients. A pre-treatment and a post-treatment test of grip was given to each patient, with the following results, measured in kg.
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Pre-treatment grip24.329.528.028.521.528.725.126.3
Post-treatment grip28.334.630.331.621.529.826.027.5
Stating any required assumption, test, at the \(1 \%\) significance level, whether the mean grip of people with the syndrome increases after undergoing the treatment. It is given that there is evidence at the \(10 \%\) significance level that the mean grip increases by more than \(w \mathrm {~kg}\). Find an inequality for \(w\).