AQA S2 2009 June — Question 1

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2009
SessionJune
TopicHypothesis test of a normal distribution

1 A machine fills bottles with bleach. The volume, in millilitres, of bleach dispensed by the machine into a bottle may be modelled by a normal distribution with mean \(\mu\) and standard deviation 8 . A recent inspection indicated that the value of \(\mu\) was 768 . Yvonne, the machine's operator, claims that this value has not subsequently changed. Zara, the quality control supervisor, records the volume of bleach in each of a random sample of 18 bottles filled by the machine and calculates their mean to be 764.8 ml . Test, at the \(5 \%\) level of significance, Yvonne's claim that the mean volume of bleach dispensed by the machine has not changed from 768 ml .