Mathematics 9709 · AS & A Level · Hypothesis testing
Hypothesis testing — practice question
One-year-old trees of a particular variety are understood to have a mean height of $2.3\,\text{m}$. A scientist thinks that, on average, trees of this age and variety in her area are a little taller than those elsewhere. She intends to perform a hypothesis test at the $2\%$ significance level to check her idea.
She chooses a random sample of 100 such trees in her area and records their heights, $h\,\text{m}$. Her data are shown below:
$n=100, \quad \sum h=238, \quad \sum h^2=580$.
(a)[1]
State the chance that she will make a Type I error.
(b)[7]
Carry out the test using the $2\%$ significance level.
(c)[1]
The scientist performs the test correctly, but another scientist says that she has made a Type II error. Comment on this claim.
Worked solution & mark scheme
This 9-mark question has a full step-by-step worked solution and mark scheme. One marking point: “Correct significance level is $0.02$, or $2\%$.” …