CAIE S2 2010 June — Question 2

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2010
SessionJune
TopicHypothesis test of a normal distribution

2 Dipak carries out a test, at the \(10 \%\) significance level, using a normal distribution. The null hypothesis is \(\mu = 35\) and the alternative hypothesis is \(\mu \neq 35\).
  1. Is this a one-tail or a two-tail test? State briefly how you can tell. Dipak finds that the value of the test statistic is \(z = - 1.750\).
  2. Explain what conclusion he should draw.
  3. This result is significant at the \(\alpha \%\) level. Find the smallest possible value of \(\alpha\), correct to the nearest whole number.