CAIE S2 2024 November — Question 2

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2024
SessionNovember
TopicHypothesis test of a normal distribution

2 The lengths of a random sample of 50 roads in a certain region were measured.Using the results,a \(95 \%\) confidence interval for the mean length,in metres,of all roads in this region was found to be[245,263].
  1. Find the mean length of the 50 roads in the sample.
  2. Calculate an estimate of the standard deviation of the lengths of roads in this region.
  3. It is now given that the lengths of roads in this region are normally distributed.
    State,with a reason,whether this fact would make any difference to your calculation in part(b).