Edexcel S4 2012 June — Question 5

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS4 (Statistics 4)
Year2012
SessionJune
TopicHypothesis test of a normal distribution

5. Boxes of chocolates manufactured by Philippe have a mean weight of \(\mu\) grams and a standard deviation of \(\sigma\) grams. A random sample of 25 of these boxes are weighed. Using this sample, the unbiased estimate of \(\mu\) is 455 and the unbiased estimate of \(\sigma ^ { 2 }\) is 55 .
  1. Test, at the \(5 \%\) level of significance, whether or not \(\sigma\) is greater than 6 . State your hypotheses clearly.
  2. Test, at the \(5 \%\) level of significance, whether or not \(\mu\) is more than 450 .
  3. State an assumption you have made in order to carry out the above tests.