User interface language: English | Español

Date May Specimen paper Marks available 1 Reference code SPM.1.AHL.TZ0.9
Level Additional Higher Level Paper Paper 1 Time zone Time zone 0
Command term Comment Question number 9 Adapted from N/A

Question

A manager wishes to check the mean mass of flour put into bags in his factory. He randomly samples 10 bags and finds the mean mass is 1.478 kg and the standard deviation of the sample is 0.0196 kg.

Find s n 1 for this sample.

[2]
a.

Find a 95 % confidence interval for the population mean, giving your answer to 4 significant figures.

[2]
b.

The bags are labelled as being 1.5 kg mass. Comment on this claim with reference to your answer in part (b).

[1]
c.

Markscheme

s n 1 = 10 9 × 0.0196 = 0.02066   (M1)A1

[2 marks]

a.

(1.463, 1.493)          (M1)A1

Note: If s n used answer is (1.464, 1.492), award M1A0.

[2 marks]

b.

95 % of the time these results would be produced by a population with mean of less than 1.5 kg, so it is likely the mean mass is less than 1.5 kg           R1

[1 mark]

c.

Examiners report

[N/A]
a.
[N/A]
b.
[N/A]
c.

Syllabus sections

Topic 4—Statistics and probability » AHL 4.14—Linear transformation of a single RV, E(X) and VAR(X), unbiased estimators
Show 62 related questions
Topic 4—Statistics and probability » AHL 4.16—Confidence intervals
Topic 4—Statistics and probability

View options