AQA S2 2011 January — Question 5 12 marks

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2011
SessionJanuary
Marks12
PaperDownload PDF ↗
Mark schemeDownload PDF ↗
TopicZ-tests (known variance)
TypeTwo-tail z-test
DifficultyStandard +0.3 This is a straightforward application of a one-sample z-test with standard bookwork components: stating hypotheses, performing calculations at two significance levels, identifying error types, and explaining CLT usage. While it requires understanding of hypothesis testing concepts, all steps follow routine procedures with no novel problem-solving required, making it slightly easier than average.
Spec5.05c Hypothesis test: normal distribution for population mean5.05d Confidence intervals: using normal distribution

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.
    1. Write down the null and alternative hypotheses that both David and James used.
      (l mark)
    2. Determine the outcome of each of the two hypothesis tests, giving each conclusion in context.
    3. State why both David and James made use of the Central Limit Theorem in their hypothesis tests.
  1. 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:
    1. David;
    2. James.

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.
\begin{enumerate}[label=(\alph*)]
\item \begin{enumerate}[label=(\roman*)]
\item Write down the null and alternative hypotheses that both David and James used.\\
(l mark)
\item Determine the outcome of each of the two hypothesis tests, giving each conclusion in context.
\item State why both David and James made use of the Central Limit Theorem in their hypothesis tests.
\end{enumerate}\item 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:
\begin{enumerate}[label=(\roman*)]
\item David;
\item James.
\end{enumerate}\end{enumerate}

\hfill \mbox{\textit{AQA S2 2011 Q5 [12]}}