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Excercise On T and Z Tests

The document contains 20 statistical hypothesis testing problems. The problems involve testing hypotheses about population means and proportions using sample data. Tests include z-tests and t-tests. The level of significance is typically stated as 5% and the null and alternative hypotheses are given for each problem.

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Excercise On T and Z Tests

The document contains 20 statistical hypothesis testing problems. The problems involve testing hypotheses about population means and proportions using sample data. Tests include z-tests and t-tests. The level of significance is typically stated as 5% and the null and alternative hypotheses are given for each problem.

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1. An automatic bottling machine fills oil into 2-liter (2,000 cm3) bottles.

A consumer
advocate wants to test the null hypothesis that the average amount filled by the
machine into a bottle is at least 2,000 cm3. A random sample of 40 bottles coming out
of the machine was selected and the exact contents of the selected bottles are
recorded. The sample mean was 1,999.6 cm3. The population standard deviation is
known from past experience to be 1.30 cm3.
(a) Test the null hypothesis at an α of 5%.

2. An automobile manufacturer substitutes a different engine in cars that were known to


have an average miles-per-gallon rating of 31.5 on the highway. The manufacturer
wants to test whether the new engine changes the miles-per-gallon rating of the
automobile model. A random sample of 100 trial runs gives Xbar = 29.8 miles per
gallon and S = 6.6 miles per gallon. Using the 0.05 level of significance, is the
average miles-per-gallon rating on the highway for cars using the new engine
different from the rating for cars using the old engine? t99=1.96
3. Sixteen oil tins are taken at random from an automatic filling machine. The mean
weight of the tins is 14.2 kg, with a standard deviation of 0.40 kg. Can we conclude
that the filling machine is wasting oil by filling more than the intended weight of 14
kg, at a significance level of 5%? t15=2.131
4. A coin is to be tested for fairness. It is tossed 15 times and only 8 heads are observed.
Test if the coin is fair at α = 5%.
5. A wholesaler received a shipment of goods, which is reported to be containing at most
2% defective items. He will accept the shipment if the claim is found true and reject if
the percentage of defective items is more. To verity this claim, he draws a sample of
200 items and finds that 10 items are defective. What should be his decision at 5%
level of significance?
6. SBI claims that more than 55% of the saving accounts in Haryana are at SBI. A
sample survey of 400 account holders revealed that only 180 account holders have
account at SBI. Verify, using 5% level of significance, if the sample results
underestimate the claim of SBI.
7. A sales manager wants to know if display at point of purchase helps in increasing the
sales of his product. He note the following observations:
Shop-No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
sales before 527 723 599 494 614
display 4500 5 5 6844 1 6672 3 7615 8 5623 5154
Sales after 501 756 640 533 672
display 4834 0 2 6957 1 6423 4 8004 9 6277 5769
difference
(d) -334 265 -327 -113 -410 249 -391 -389 -581 -654 -615

dbar= -300 Sd = 314.53


Is there sufficient evidence to conclude that display at point of purchase helps in
increasing the sales of his product?
8. The makers of Duracell batteries want to demonstrate that their size AA battery lasts
on an average longer than Duracell’s main competitor, the Energizer. Two
independent random samples of 100 batteries of each kind are selected. The sample
average lives for Duracell and Energizer batteries are found to be X1bar = 308
minutes and X2bar = 254 minutes respectively. Assume 84 = σ1 minutes and 67=
σ2minutes. Is there evidence to substantiate Duracell’s claim that its batteries last, on
an average longer than Energizer of the same size?
9. The following information relate to the prices (in Rs) of a product in two cities A and
B.
City A City B
Mean price 22 17
Standard deviation 5 6

The observations related to prices are made for 9 months in city A and for 11 months
in city B. Test at 0.01 level whether there is any significant difference between prices
in two cities,
10. A sample survey of tax-payers belonging to business class and professional class
yielded the following results:
Business Class Professional Class
Sample size n1 = 400 n2 = 420
Defaulters in tax payment x1 = 80 x2 = 65
Given these sample data, test the hypothesis at α = 5% that
(a) the defaulters rate is the same for the two classes of tax-payers
(b) the defaulters rate in the case of business class is more than that in the case of
professional class
11. A company is engaged in the packaging of a superior quality tea in jars of 500gm
each. The company is of the view that as long as the jars contains 500gm of tea, the
process is under control. The standard deviation of the process is 50gm. A sample of
225 jars is taken at random and the sample average is found to be 510 gm. Has the
process gone out of control?
12. A sample of size 400 was drawn and the sample mean found to be 99. Test, at 5%
level of significance, whether this sample could have come form normal population
with mean 100 and variance 64.
13. A manufacturer of a new motorcycle claims for it an average mileage of 60 km/liter
under city conditions. However, the average mileage in 16 trials is found to be 57 km,
with a standard deviation of 2 km. Is the manufacturer’s claim justified?
14. In a big city, 450 men out of a sample of 850 men were found to be smokers. Does
this information, at 5% level of significance, supports the view that the majority of
men in this city are smokers?
15. A stock-broker claims that she can predict with 85% accuracy whether a stock’s
market value will rise or fall during the coming month. Test the stock-broker’s
claimat 5% level of significance if, as a test, she predict the outcome of 6 stocks and
is correct in 5 of the predictions.
16. Seven persons were appointed in officer cadre in an organisation. Their performance
was evaluated by giving a test and the marks were recorded out of 100. They were
given two-month training and another test was held and marks were recorded out of
100.
Officer: a b c d e f g
Score Before Training: 80 76 92 60 70 56 74
Score After Training: 84 70 96 80 70 52 84
Can it be concluded that the training has benefited the employees? Use 5% level of
significance.
17. The makers of Philips bulb want to demonstrate that their bulb lasts on an average of
at least 100 hours longer than Philips’ main competitor, Surya. Two independent
random samples of 100 bulbs of each kind are selected. The sample average lives for
Philips and Surya bulbs are found to be 1 X = 1232 hours and 2 X = 1016 hours
respectively. Assume 84 = σ1 hours and 67 = σ2hours. Is there evidence to
substantiate Philips’ claim that its bulbs last, on an average, longer than Surya bulb of
the same size?
18. Consider the following data:
Sample A Sample B
Sample Mean 100 105
Standard Deviation 16 24
Sample Size 800 1600
Test, at 5% level of significance, the difference between means of two populations
from which samples are taken.
19. The following information relate to the wages (in Rs) of mill workers in two cities A
and B.
City A City B
Mean wage 40 34
Standard deviation 5 6
The observations related to wages are for 8 workers in city A and for 10 workers in
city B. Test at 0.01 level whether there is any significant difference between wages in
two cities.
20. Test market result of two advertisements A and B, yielded the following results:
A B
Who saw the Advertisements n1 = 200 n2 = 220
Who tried the Product x1 = 40 x2 = 35
Given the data, test the hypotheses at α = 5% that
(a) both the advertisements are equally effective
(b) advertisement A is more effective than advertisement B by more than 0.05
Effectiveness of the advertisements are measured as proportion of viewers who tried the
product.

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