Find critical region for test

4 The height \(H\), in metres, of mature trees of a certain variety is normally distributed with standard deviation 0.67. In order to test whether the population mean of \(H\) is greater than 4.23, the heights of a random sample of 200 trees are measured.

1. Write down suitable null and alternative hypotheses for the test.
   The sample mean height, \(\bar { h }\) metres, of the 200 trees is found and the test is carried out. The result of the test is to reject the null hypothesis at the 5\% significance level.
2. Find the set of possible values of \(\bar { h }\).
3. Ajit said, 'In (b) we had to assume that \(\bar { H }\) is normally distributed, so it was necessary to use the Central Limit Theorem.' Explain whether you agree with Ajit.

3. A clothes manufacturer wishes to find out if adult females have become taller on average since twenty years ago when their mean height was 5 ft 6 inches. Studies over time have shown that the standard deviation of the height of adult females has been fairly constant at 2.3 inches. The manager wishes to test if the mean height is now more than 5 ft 6 inches and takes a sample of 150 adult females.

1. Stating your hypotheses clearly, find the critical region for the mean height of the sample for a test at the \(5 \%\) level of significance. The total height of the females in the sample is 832 ft .
2. Carry out the test making your conclusion clear.