AQA S3 2014 June — Question 4 8 marks

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleS3 (Statistics 3)
Year2014
SessionJune
Marks8
TopicLinear combinations of normal random variables
TypeStandard CI with summary statistics

4 A sample of 50 male Eastern Grey kangaroos had a mean weight of 42.6 kg and a standard deviation of 6.2 kg . A sample of 50 male Western Grey kangaroos had a mean weight of 39.7 kg and a standard deviation of 5.3 kg .
  1. Construct a 98\% confidence interval for the difference between the mean weight of male Eastern Grey kangaroos and that of male Western Grey kangaroos.
    [0pt] [5 marks]
    1. What assumption about the selection of each of the two samples was it necessary to make in order that the confidence interval constructed in part (a) was valid?
      [0pt] [1 mark]
    2. Why was it not necessary to assume anything about the distributions of the weights of male kangaroos in order that the confidence interval constructed in part (a) was valid?
      [0pt] [2 marks]