CAIE S2 2019 November — Question 3

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2019
SessionNovember
TopicHypothesis test of a normal distribution

3 The masses, in grams, of bags of flour are normally distributed with mean \(\mu\). The masses, \(m\) grams, of a random sample of 50 bags are summarised by \(\Sigma m = 25110\) and \(\Sigma m ^ { 2 } = 12610300\).
  1. Calculate a \(96 \%\) confidence interval for \(\mu\), giving the end-points correct to 1 decimal place.
    Another random sample of 50 bags of flour is taken and a \(99 \%\) confidence interval for \(\mu\) is calculated.
  2. Without calculation, state whether this confidence interval will be wider or narrower than the confidence interval found in part (i). Give a reason for your answer.