CAIE S2 2016 November — Question 6

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2016
SessionNovember
TopicHypothesis test of a normal distribution

6 A variable \(X\) takes values \(1,2,3,4,5\), and these values are generated at random by a machine. Each value is supposed to be equally likely, but it is suspected that the machine is not working properly. A random sample of 100 values of \(X\), generated by the machine, gives the following results. $$n = 100 \quad \Sigma x = 340 \quad \Sigma x ^ { 2 } = 1356$$
  1. Find a 95\% confidence interval for the population mean of the values generated by the machine.
  2. Use your answer to part (i) to comment on whether the machine may be working properly.