CAIE S2 2021 June — Question 6

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2021
SessionJune
TopicMeasures of Location and Spread
TypeConfidence intervals for population mean

6 The heights, \(h\) centimetres, of a random sample of 100 fully grown animals of a certain species were measured. The results are summarised below. $$n = 100 \quad \Sigma h = 7570 \quad \Sigma h ^ { 2 } = 588050$$
  1. Find unbiased estimates of the population mean and variance.
  2. Calculate a \(99 \%\) confidence interval for the mean height of animals of this species.
    Four random samples were taken and a \(99 \%\) confidence interval for the population mean, \(\mu\), was found from each sample.
  3. Find the probability that all four of these confidence intervals contain the true value of \(\mu\).