Edexcel S4 2013 June — Question 5

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS4 (Statistics 4)
Year2013
SessionJune
TopicHypothesis test of a normal distribution

  1. Students studying for their Mathematics GCSE are assessed by two examination papers. A teacher believes that on average the score on paper I is more than 1 mark higher than the score on paper II. To test this belief the scores of 8 randomly selected students are recorded. The results are given in the table below.
Student\(A\)\(B\)\(C\)\(D\)\(E\)\(F\)\(G\)\(H\)
Score on paper I5763688143655231
Score on paper II5362617844644329
Assuming that the scores are normally distributed and stating your hypotheses clearly, test at the \(5 \%\) level of significance whether or not there is evidence to support the teacher's belief.