7 The heights of one-year-old trees of a certain variety are known to have mean 2.3 m . A scientist believes that, on average, trees of this age and variety in her region are slightly taller than in other places. She plans to carry out a hypothesis test, at the \(2 \%\) significance level, in order to test her belief.
- State the probability that she will make a Type I error.
She takes a random sample of 100 such trees in her region and measures their heights, \(h \mathrm {~m}\). Her results are summarised below.
$$n = 100 \quad \sum h = 238 \quad \sum h ^ { 2 } = 580$$ - Carry out the test at the \(2 \%\) significance level.
\includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{9ac74d4c-f5e0-4c5d-ab25-5692dfb06f0b-10_2717_35_109_2012} - The scientist carries out the test correctly, but another scientist claims that she has made a Type II error.
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