LARGE SAMPLE TESTS:

A. TEST FOR SINGLE MEAN:

1. A machine is designed to fill polythene covers with 500 ml of Milk. A sample of 100 bags when
measured, had a mean content of 501.5 ml. The S.D of the fillings is known to be 4ml Test at 5%
level of significance, whether the machine is functioning properly.

2. A random sample of 100 students from the current year’s batch gives the mean CGPA as 3.55
and variance of 0.04. Can we say that this is same as the mean CGPA of the previous batch
which was 3.5?
3. It has been found from experience that the mean breaking strength of a brand of thread is 500
grams, with a s.d of 40 grams. From the supplies, received during the last month, a sample of 36
pieces of thread was tested which showed a mean strength of 450 grams. Can we conclude that
the thread supplied is inferior?

4. A telephone company‘s records indicate that individual customers pay on an average Rs. 155 per
month for long-distance telephone calls with standard deviation Rs. 45. A random sample of 40
customer’s bills during a given month produced a sample mean of 160 for long distance calls. At
5% level of significance, can we say that the company’s records indicate lesser mean than the
actual .
B. TEST FOR EQUALITY OF TWO POPULATION MEANS.

5. An automobile company is interested in testing the mileage given by one of the car brands in
two different cities, Mumbai and Delhi. The company surveyed 100 car owners in Mumbai and
found that the average mileage is 12 kms. Per litre. Out of 150 car owners in Delhi, the mileage
averaged to 12.5 kms. Per litre. The standard deviation for mileage of this brand of car is known
to be 0.9 kms. Can we state that these two cities give different mileage?

6. The mean height of 150 Bengalis and 200 Gujarathis are 174 and 175 cms respectively.
Test the equality of means of the two populations each with variance 16 at 1% level of
significance.
7. 200 persons from City A and 100 persons from city B were selected. The average weekly
expenditure on food were found to be Rs.200 and Rs. 210 with standard deviations of
Rs. 20 and Rs. 25 respectively. Test at 1 % level of significance whether both cities are
same with respect to the average expenditure.

C. TEST FOR SINGLE PROPORTION:

8. A cable T V operator claims that 50% of the homes in a city have opted for his services.
Before sponsoring advertisements on the local cable channel; a company conducted a
survey, and found that 290 out of 600 persons were found to have cable TV services
from the operator on the basis of this data can we accept the claim of the cable TV
operator?

9. A Manufacturer of LCD TV claims that it is becoming quite popular, and that about 5%
homes are having LCD TV. However, a dealer of conventional TVs claims that the
 percentage of homes with LCD TV is less than 5%. A sample of 400 household is
surveyed, and it is found that only 18 households have LCD TV. Test at 1% level of
Significance whether the claim of the company is tenable (Capable of being maintained
in argument).

10. A manufacturer supplies surgical instruments to a certain hospital. A sample of 100

instruments while tested revealed that 2 were faulty. Test at 1% level of significance,
whether the proportion of faulty instruments is more than 1%.
11. A campus bulletin claims that only 36 % of all college students visit the library in a week.
A sample of 225 college students showed that 90 0f them had visited the library.
Can we accept the claim of the bulletin? ( use 1% L.O.S)

D. TEST FOR EQUALITY OF POPULATION PROPORTIONS:

12. A firm wanted to choose a popular actor to be the brand ambassador for the firm’s
product. However before taking the final decision, the firm conducted a market survey
to know the opinion of its customers in Mumbai and Delhi. The survey conducted in the
two cities revealed that while 290 out of 400 customers favored the choice, in Mumbai,
only 160 out of 300 customers who favored the choice in Delhi. Can the firm conclude
that the proportions of customers who favored the actor in Mumbai and Delhi are the
same?
13. A machine produced 20 defective items in a sample of 500. After the machine was
overhauled, it produced 5 defective items in a batch of 150. Has the machine improved
after overhauling?
14. In a certain city M, 400 persons were considered regular consumers of Pizza out of a
sample of 1000 persons. In another town N, 350 were regular consumers of Pizza out of
sample of 800 persons. Test at 1% level of significance, whether there is a significant
difference between the two towns as far as the proportions of Pizza eating habits are
concerned.
15. A company has the head office at Kolkata and a branch at Mumbai. The personnel
director wanted to know if the workers at the two places would like the introduction of
a new plan of work and a survey was conducted for this purpose. Out of a sample of 500
workers at Kolkata, 62% favored the new plan. At Mumbai, out of a sample of 400
workers, 41% were against the new plan .Is there any significant difference between the
two groups in their attitude towards the new plan at 5 % level?

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SMALL SAMPLE TESTS: (n< 30)

A. Test for single mean.

 B. Test for equality of means for independent observations.
C. Paired t-test for dependent observations.

A. Test for Single mean

16. A machine makes screws with diameter 0.5 inches. A random sample of 10 screws
shows a mean diameter of 0.52 with a S.D of 0.05. Test whether the machine is
functioning properly, at 5% level of significance.
17. The mean time of a certain process is 12.5 hours. An engineer feels that it is less than
12.5 hours. To test this he takes a random sample of 26 observations and finds that the
mean and S.D are 12.15 and 15.91 hours respectively. Test whether his intension is
correct at α=1%.
18. The mean nicotine content of a brand of cigarette is 20.0 mgs. A new process is
proposed to lower the nicotine content without affecting the flavor. To test the new
process, 16 cigarettes are selected at random from the week’s output from the test
plant. The sample mean nicotine content is found to be 18.5 mg. If the S.D of nicotine
content is calculated to be 2 mgs, is the claim of the new process justified? Use 5% level
of significance.

19. A car manufacturer claims that its new car gives a mileage of at least 10 kms.per liter of
petrol. A sample of 10 cars is taken, and their mileage recorded as follows. In kmpl.

11.2 10.7 11.3 11.0 10.8 10.7 10.6 10.6 10.7 10.4

Is there any statistical evidence to support the claim of the manufacturer about the
mileage of its car?

B. Test for equality of means for independent observations.

20. A bulb manufacturing company decides to purchase wires from either Brand X or Brand
Y for its new model. An experiment is conducted using 10 bulbs having Brand X wires
and 12 bulbs having brand Y wires. The wires are used till they burn out. The following
results were observed.

BRAND X BRAND Y

Mean life 1010 hours 1020 hours

Variance 100 hours 80 hours

Test at 5% level of significance if there is any significant difference between the mean
life of bulbs of the two brands.
21.The mean and variance of 4 observations are 2.075 and 1.02185
respectively and that of 5 observations are 2.86 and 3.1064 respectively.
Test whether mean of the first set of observation is less than the second.
C. Paired t-test for dependent observations.

22. The sales data of an item in six shops before and after a special promotional campaign
are as under:

Shops A B C D E F

Before Campaign 53 28 31 48 50 42

After Campaign 58 29 30 55 56 45

Can the campaign be judged to be a success? Test at 5% level of significance.

23. A certain drug was administered on 5 patients suffering from hyper tension resulted in
the following change of blood pressure.
+3, -1, +8, +2, 0
Can it be concluded that the drug will in general be accompanied by decrease in blood
pressure.
24. Five salesmen were imparted a one week specialized training for improving their selling
skills. The following data was recorded during the month preceding the training and the
month after the training relating to their sales per month. Can we conclude that the
training has made any significant impact?

Before (Rs. In Lakhs) After ( Rs in Lakhs)

5 5.5

6.2 7

5.4 5.6

4.5 5.5

5.6 6.6