Skip to content

Course home

2.5 O: Statistical hypothesis testing

2.5 O: Statistical hypothesis testing

EasyMediumHard
12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546474849
Question 30

It is known that 62% of the petrol cars in the AQA Large Data Set have CO2 _2\,2​ emissions above 150 g/km.

Sam takes a random sample of 28 petrol cars from a garage and wishes to test, at the 10% significance level with a probability of at most 0.05 in each tail, whether the proportion of petrol cars with CO2 _2\,2​ emissions above 150 g/km differs from 62%.

a.

Find the critical region for Sam's test.

[4]
b.

Find the actual significance level of a test based on this critical region.

[1]
c.

In Sam's sample, 23 of the cars have CO2 _2\,2​ emissions above 150 g/km. State Sam's conclusion in context.

[1]
d.

Using your knowledge of the Large Data Set, give one reason why Sam's conclusion cannot be applied to all petrol cars registered in England.

[1]
Markscheme

2.5 O: Statistical hypothesis testing Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Maths
  3. /2.5 O: Statistical hypothesis testing

162 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Maths 2.5 O: Statistical hypothesis testing, covering 2.5.1 Language of hypothesis testing, 2.5.2 Hypothesis test for a binomial proportion, and 2.5.3 Hypothesis test for a Normal mean (A-level only). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

Question bank