CAIE Further Paper 4 2021 November — Question 4

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFurther Paper 4 (Further Paper 4)
Year2021
SessionNovember
TopicHypothesis test of a normal distribution

4 Manet has developed a new training course to help athletes improve their time taken to run 800 m . Manet claims that his course will decrease an athlete's time by more than 2 s on average. For a random sample of 10 athletes the times taken, in seconds, before and after the course are given in the following table.
Athlete\(A\)\(B\)\(C\)\(D\)\(E\)\(F\)\(G\)\(H\)\(I\)\(J\)
Before150146131135126142130129137134
After145138129135122135132128127137
Use a \(t\)-test, at the \(5 \%\) significance level, to test whether Manet's claim is justified, stating any assumption that you make.