Edexcel S4 2007 June — Question 3

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS4 (Statistics 4)
Year2007
SessionJune
TopicHypothesis test of a normal distribution

3. The lengths, \(x \mathrm {~mm}\), of the forewings of a random sample of male and female adult butterflies are measured. The following statistics are obtained from the data.
No. of butterfliesSample mean \(\bar { x }\)\(\sum x ^ { 2 }\)
Females750.617956.5
Males1053.228335.1
  1. Assuming the lengths of the forewings are normally distributed test, at the \(10 \%\) level of significance, whether or not the variances of the two distributions are the same. State your hypotheses clearly.
  2. Stating your hypotheses clearly test, at the \(5 \%\) level of significance, whether the mean length of the forewings of the female butterflies is less than the mean length of the forewings of the male butterflies.
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