AQA S2 2012 June — Question 2

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2012
SessionJune
TopicHypothesis test of a normal distribution

2 The times taken to complete a round of golf at Slowpace Golf Club may be modelled by a random variable with mean \(\mu\) hours and standard deviation 1.1 hours. Julian claims that, on average, the time taken to complete a round of golf at Slowpace Golf Club is greater than 4 hours. The times of 40 randomly selected completed rounds of golf at Slowpace Golf Club result in a mean of 4.2 hours.
  1. Investigate Julian's claim at the \(5 \%\) level of significance.
  2. If the actual mean time taken to complete a round of golf at Slowpace Golf Club is 4.5 hours, determine whether a Type I error, a Type II error or neither was made in the test conducted in part (a). Give a reason for your answer.