CAIE S2 2020 June — Question 2

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2020
SessionJune
TopicHypothesis test of a normal distribution

2 In the past the yield of a certain crop, in tonnes per hectare, had mean 0.56 and standard deviation 0.08 Following the introduction of a new fertilizer, the farmer intends to test at the \(2.5 \%\) significance level whether the mean yield has increased. He finds that the mean yield over 10 years is 0.61 tonnes per hectare.
  1. State two assumptions that are necessary for the test.
  2. Carry out the test.