AQA S2 2010 January — Question 4

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2010
SessionJanuary
TopicChi-squared distribution

4 Julie, a driving instructor, believes that the first-time performances of her students in their driving tests are associated with their ages. Julie's records of her students' first-time performances in their driving tests are shown in the table.
AgePassFail
\(\mathbf { 1 7 } - \mathbf { 1 8 }\)2820
\(\mathbf { 1 9 } - \mathbf { 3 0 }\)214
\(\mathbf { 3 1 } - \mathbf { 3 9 }\)1233
\(\mathbf { 4 0 } - \mathbf { 6 0 }\)65
  1. Use a \(\chi ^ { 2 }\) test at the \(1 \%\) level of significance to investigate Julie's belief.
  2. Interpret your result in part (a) as it relates to the 17-18 age group.