CAIE S2 2018 November — Question 2

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2018
SessionNovember
TopicCentral limit theorem

2 The standard deviation of the volume of drink in cans of Koola is 4.8 centilitres. A random sample of 180 cans is taken and the mean volume of drink in these 180 cans is found to be 330.1 centilitres.
  1. Calculate a \(95 \%\) confidence interval for the mean volume of drink in all cans of Koola. Give the end-points of your interval correct to 1 decimal place.
  2. Explain whether it was necessary to use the Central Limit theorem in your answer to part (i).