AQA S2 2010 January — Question 1

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2010
SessionJanuary
TopicHypothesis test of a normal distribution

1 Roger claims that, on average, his journey time from home to work each day is greater than 45 minutes. The times, \(x\) minutes, of 30 randomly selected journeys result in \(\bar { x } = 45.8\) and \(s ^ { 2 } = 4.8\).
Investigate Roger's claim at the \(1 \%\) level of significance.