CAIE Further Paper 4 2024 June — Question 3

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFurther Paper 4 (Further Paper 4)
Year2024
SessionJune
TopicWilcoxon tests

3 A factory produces metal discs. The manager claims that the diameters of these discs have a median of 22.0 mm . The diameters, in mm , of a random sample of 12 discs produced by this factory are as follows. $$\begin{array} { l l l l l l l l l l l l } 22.4 & 20.9 & 22.8 & 21.5 & 23.2 & 22.9 & 23.9 & 21.7 & 19.8 & 23.6 & 22.6 & 23.0 \end{array}$$
  1. Carry out a Wilcoxon signed-rank test, at the \(10 \%\) significance level, to test whether there is any evidence against the manager's claim.
  2. State an assumption that is necessary for this test to be valid.