CAIE FP2 2013 November — Question 9

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFP2 (Further Pure Mathematics 2)
Year2013
SessionNovember
TopicHypothesis test of a normal distribution

9 A random sample of 9 observations of a normally distributed random variable \(X\) gave the following summarised data. $$\Sigma x = 94.5 \quad \Sigma x ^ { 2 } = 993.6$$ Test, at the \(5 \%\) significance level, whether the population mean of \(X\) is 10.2 . Calculate a \(90 \%\) confidence interval for the population mean of \(X\).