Edexcel S3 — Question 3

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS3 (Statistics 3)
TopicHypothesis test of a normal distribution

3. A random variable \(X\) is distributed normally with a standard deviation of 6.8 Sixty observations of \(X\) are made and found to have a mean of 31.4
  1. Find a 90\% confidence interval for the mean of \(X\).
  2. How many observations of \(X\) would be needed in order to obtain a \(90 \%\) confidence interval for the mean of \(X\) with a width of less than 1.5
    (5 marks)