Edexcel S4 2004 June — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS4 (Statistics 4)
Year2004
SessionJune
TopicWilcoxon tests

4. A doctor believes that the span of a person's dominant hand is greater than that of the weaker hand. To test this theory, the doctor measures the spans of the dominant and weaker hands of a random sample of 8 people. He subtracts the span of the weaker hand from that of the dominant hand. The spans, in mm , are summarised in the table below.
\(A\)\(B\)\(C\)\(D\)\(E\)\(F\)\(G\)\(H\)
Dominant hand202251215235210195191230
Weaker hand195249218234211197181225
Test, at the 5\% significance level, the doctor's belief.
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