CAIE Further Paper 4 2021 November — Question 4

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFurther Paper 4 (Further Paper 4)
Year2021
SessionNovember
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TopicHypothesis test of a normal distribution

4 Manet has developed a new training course to help athletes improve their time taken to run 800 m . Manet claims that his course will decrease an athlete's time by more than 2 s on average. For a random sample of 10 athletes the times taken, in seconds, before and after the course are given in the following table.
Athlete\(A\)\(B\)\(C\)\(D\)\(E\)\(F\)\(G\)\(H\)\(I\)\(J\)
Before150146131135126142130129137134
After145138129135122135132128127137
Use a \(t\)-test, at the \(5 \%\) significance level, to test whether Manet's claim is justified, stating any assumption that you make.

4 Manet has developed a new training course to help athletes improve their time taken to run 800 m . Manet claims that his course will decrease an athlete's time by more than 2 s on average. For a random sample of 10 athletes the times taken, in seconds, before and after the course are given in the following table.

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Athlete & $A$ & $B$ & $C$ & $D$ & $E$ & $F$ & $G$ & $H$ & $I$ & $J$ \\
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Before & 150 & 146 & 131 & 135 & 126 & 142 & 130 & 129 & 137 & 134 \\
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After & 145 & 138 & 129 & 135 & 122 & 135 & 132 & 128 & 127 & 137 \\
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Use a $t$-test, at the $5 \%$ significance level, to test whether Manet's claim is justified, stating any assumption that you make.\\

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