OCR MEI Paper 2 2022 June — Question 12

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModulePaper 2 (Paper 2)
Year2022
SessionJune
TopicHypothesis test of a normal distribution

12 A retailer sells bags of flour which are advertised as containing 1.5 kg of flour. A trading standards officer is investigating whether there is enough flour in each bag. He collects a random sample and uses software to carry out a hypothesis test at the \(5 \%\) level. The analysis is shown in the software printout below.
DistributionStatistics
Z Test of a Mean
Null Hypothesis \(\mu = 1.5\)
Alternative Hypothesis < O> ◯ \(\neq\)
Sample
Mean 1.44
\(\sigma 0.24\)
N □ 32
Z Test of a Mean
Mean1.44
\(\sigma\)0.24
ResultSE0.0424
\multirow{3}{*}{}N32
Z-1.4142
P0.0786
  1. State the hypotheses the officer uses in the test, defining any parameters used.
  2. State the distribution used in the analysis.
  3. Carry out the hypothesis test, giving your conclusion in context.