AQA Further AS Paper 2 Statistics 2023 June — Question 5

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleFurther AS Paper 2 Statistics (Further AS Paper 2 Statistics)
Year2023
SessionJune
TopicCentral limit theorem

5 Rebekah is investigating the distances, \(X\) light years, between the Earth and visible stars in the night sky. She determines the distance between the Earth and a star for a random sample of 100 visible stars. The summarised results are as follows: $$\sum x = 35522 \quad \text { and } \quad \sum x ^ { 2 } = 32902257$$ 5
  1. Calculate a 97\% confidence interval for the population mean of \(X\), giving your values to the nearest light year.
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  2. Mike claims that the population mean is 267 light years. Rebekah says that the confidence interval supports Mike's claim. State, with a reason, whether Rebekah is correct.