| Exam Board | CAIE |
|---|---|
| Module | Further Paper 4 (Further Paper 4) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Session | June |
| Paper | Download PDF ↗ |
| Mark scheme | Download PDF ↗ |
| Topic | Chi-squared distribution |
| Company | Poor | Satisfactory | Good |
| \(P\) | 18 | 43 | 64 |
| \(Q\) | 22 | 22 | 31 |
5 Two companies, $P$ and $Q$, produce a certain type of paint brush. An independent examiner rates the quality of the brushes produced as poor, satisfactory or good. He takes a random sample of brushes from each company. The examiner's ratings are summarised in the table.
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\begin{tabular}{ | c | c | c | c | }
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Company & Poor & Satisfactory & Good \\
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$P$ & 18 & 43 & 64 \\
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$Q$ & 22 & 22 & 31 \\
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\end{tabular}
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(a) Test, at the $5 \%$ significance level, whether quality of brushes is independent of company.\\
(b) Compare the quality of the brushes produced by the two companies.\\
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