CAIE S2 2014 November — Question 3

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2014
SessionNovember
TopicLinear combinations of normal random variables
TypeEstimated variance confidence interval

3 The times, in minutes, taken by people to complete a walk are normally distributed with mean \(\mu\). The times, \(t\) minutes, for a random sample of 80 people were summarised as follows. $$\Sigma t = 7220 \quad \Sigma t ^ { 2 } = 656060$$
  1. Calculate a \(97 \%\) confidence interval for \(\mu\).
  2. Explain whether it was necessary to use the Central Limit theorem in part (i).