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2.5 Statistical Hypothesis Testing

2.5 Statistical Hypothesis Testing

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Question 175

A specialty coffee roaster claims that their 'Dark Peak' espresso beans contain an average of 14.5 mg of caffeine per gram. A food scientist suspects that recent inconsistencies in roasting temperatures have altered this mean caffeine content. A random sample of 8 grams of beans is analyzed, and the caffeine concentration ccc (in mg/g) for each is recorded below:

14.6,14.9,15.1,14.7,14.5,15.0,14.8,14.8 14.6, \quad 14.9, \quad 15.1, \quad 14.7, \quad 14.5, \quad 15.0, \quad 14.8, \quad 14.8 14.6,14.9,15.1,14.7,14.5,15.0,14.8,14.8

Conduct a hypothesis test at the 10% significance level to investigate the scientist's suspicion. You may assume that caffeine concentrations are normally distributed with a standard deviation of 0.4 mg/g.

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2.5 Statistical Hypothesis Testing Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Maths
  3. /2.5 Statistical Hypothesis Testing

316 exam-style questions on OCR A Level Maths 2.5 Statistical Hypothesis Testing, covering 2.5.1 The language of hypothesis testing, 2.5.2 Hypothesis test for a binomial proportion, 2.5.3 Inference and significance level, 2.5.4 Sample mean as a random variable (A-level only), 2.5.5 Hypothesis test for the mean of a normal distribution (A-level only), 2.5.6 Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficient, and 2.5.7 Hypothesis test using Pearson's coefficient (A-level only). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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