CAIE Further Paper 4 2021 November — Question 6

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFurther Paper 4 (Further Paper 4)
Year2021
SessionNovember
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TopicWilcoxon tests

6 The blood cholesterol levels, measured in suitable units, of a random sample of 11 women and a random sample of 12 men are shown below.
Women51552421671522567513798238235
Men3112621703021753202202607235186333
Carry out a Wilcoxon rank-sum test, at the \(5 \%\) significance level, to test whether, on average, there is a difference in cholesterol levels between women and men.
If you use the following lined page to complete the answer(s) to any question(s), the question number(s) must be clearly shown.

6 The blood cholesterol levels, measured in suitable units, of a random sample of 11 women and a random sample of 12 men are shown below.

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\begin{tabular}{ l r r r r r r r r r r r r }
Women & 51 & 55 & 242 & 167 & 152 & 256 & 75 & 137 & 98 & 238 & 235 &  \\
Men & 311 & 262 & 170 & 302 & 175 & 320 & 220 & 260 & 72 & 351 & 86 & 333 \\
\end{tabular}
\end{center}

Carry out a Wilcoxon rank-sum test, at the $5 \%$ significance level, to test whether, on average, there is a difference in cholesterol levels between women and men.\\

If you use the following lined page to complete the answer(s) to any question(s), the question number(s) must be clearly shown.\\

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