AQA S2 2008 January — Question 4

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2008
SessionJanuary
TopicHypothesis test of a normal distribution

4 A speed camera was used to measure the speed, \(V\) mph, of John's serves during a tennis singles championship. For 10 randomly selected serves, $$\sum v = 1179 \quad \text { and } \quad \sum ( v - \bar { v } ) ^ { 2 } = 1014.9$$ where \(\bar { v }\) is the sample mean.
  1. Construct a \(99 \%\) confidence interval for the mean speed of John's serves at this tennis championship, stating any assumption that you make.
    (7 marks)
  2. Hence comment on John's claim that, at this championship, he consistently served at speeds in excess of 130 mph .
    (1 mark)