SPS SPS SM Statistics 2021 May — Question 6

Exam BoardSPS
ModuleSPS SM Statistics (SPS SM Statistics)
Year2021
SessionMay
TopicHypothesis test of a normal distribution

6. The level, in grams per millilitre, of a pollutant at different locations in a certain river is denoted by the random variable \(X\), where \(X\) has the distribution \(\mathrm { N } ( \mu , 0.0000409 )\). In the past the value of \(\mu\) has been 0.0340 .
This year the mean level of the pollutant at 50 randomly chosen locations was found to be 0.0325 grams per millilitre. Test, at the \(5 \%\) significance level, whether the mean level of pollutant has changed.