| Exam Board | CAIE |
|---|---|
| Module | Further Paper 4 (Further Paper 4) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Session | November |
| Paper | Download PDF ↗ |
| Mark scheme | Download PDF ↗ |
| Topic | Hypothesis test of a normal distribution |
| Athlete | \(A\) | \(B\) | \(C\) | \(D\) | \(E\) | \(F\) | \(G\) | \(H\) | \(I\) | \(J\) |
| Before | 150 | 146 | 131 | 135 | 126 | 142 | 130 | 129 | 137 | 134 |
| After | 145 | 138 | 129 | 135 | 122 | 135 | 132 | 128 | 127 | 137 |
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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