5 In 2001, the mean height of students at the end of their final year at Bright Hope Secondary School was 165 centimetres.
In 2010, David and James selected a random sample of 100 students who were at the end of their final year at this school. They recorded these students' heights, \(x\) centimetres, and found that \(\bar { x } = 167.1\) and \(s ^ { 2 } = 101.2\).
To investigate the claim that the mean height had increased since 2001, David and James each correctly conducted a hypothesis test. They used the same null hypothesis and the same alternative hypothesis. However, David used a \(5 \%\) level of significance whilst James used a \(1 \%\) level of significance.
- Write down the null and alternative hypotheses that both David and James used.
(l mark) - Determine the outcome of each of the two hypothesis tests, giving each conclusion in context.
- State why both David and James made use of the Central Limit Theorem in their hypothesis tests.
- It was later found that, in 2010, the mean height of students at the end of their final year at Bright Hope Secondary School was actually 165 centimetres.
Giving a reason for your answer in each case, determine whether a Type I error or a Type II error or neither was made in the hypothesis test conducted by:
- David;
- James.