CAIE Further Paper 4 2021 November — Question 2

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFurther Paper 4 (Further Paper 4)
Year2021
SessionNovember
TopicChi-squared distribution

2 It is claimed that the heights of a particular age group of boys follow a normal distribution with mean 125 cm and standard deviation 12 cm . Observations for a randomly chosen group of 60 boys in this age group are summarised in the following table. The table also gives the expected frequencies, correct to 2 decimal places, based on the normal distribution with mean 125 cm and standard deviation 12 cm .
Height, \(x \mathrm {~cm}\)\(x < 100\)\(100 \leqslant x < 110\)\(110 \leqslant x < 120\)\(120 \leqslant x < 130\)\(130 \leqslant x < 140\)\(x \geqslant 140\)
Observed frequency031523118
Expected frequency1.125.2213.9719.3813.976.34
  1. Show how the expected frequency for \(130 \leqslant x < 140\) is obtained.
  2. Carry out a goodness of fit test, at the \(5 \%\) significance level, to determine whether the claim is supported by the data.