CAIE S2 2024 November — Question 7

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

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.
  1. 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. $$n = 100 \quad \sum h = 238 \quad \sum h ^ { 2 } = 580$$
  2. Carry out the test at the \(2 \%\) significance level.
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  3. The scientist carries out the test correctly, but another scientist claims that she has made a Type II error. Comment on this claim.
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