Assignment – 5

Topics Covered: Definition, testing of single population means (t-test), difference of means:
independent samples (t-test), paired samples t-test, F-test, definition, independence of
attributes, introduction, assumptions, classification of ANOVA, one-way ANOVA.

A1. The purpose of a t-test is to determine if there is a significant difference between the
……… of two groups.
A2. What is the null hypothesis in a t-test?
A3. An F-test is typically used to compare the ……… of two or more groups to determine if
they differ significantly.
A4. What does ANOVA (Analysis of Variance) help us test?
A5. In a paired samples t-test, each observation in one group is ………with an observation in
the other group.
A6. What is the null hypothesis in a paired samples t-test?
A7. The alternative hypothesis in a paired samples t-test states that the mean difference
between paired observations is ……….
A8. What is the degrees of freedom in a paired samples t-test with n number of pairs.
A9. To test independence of attributes, the observed data are arranged in a ………. table.
A10. How is the F-ratio calculated in an F-test?

B1. The heights of 10 adult males selected at random from a given locality had a mean of 158
cm and variance 39.0625 cm. Test at 5% level of significance, the hypothesis that the adult
males of the given locality are on the average less than 162.5 cm tall.
B2. Two types of batteries, X and Y are tested for their length of life and the following results
are obtained:
Battery Sample size Mean (hours) Variance (hours)
A 10 1000 100
B 12 2000 121
Is there a significant difference between the two means?
B3. A travel agency’s marketing brochure indicates that the standard deviations of hotel rates
for two cities are the same. A random sample of 13 rooms rates in a city has a standard
deviation of $ 27.50 and a random sample of 16 hotel room rates in the other city has a
standard deviation of $ 29.75. Can you reject the agency’s claim at 𝛼 = 0.01?
B4. In a certain sample of 2,000 families, 1,400 people are consumers of tea. Out of 1,800
Hindu families, 1,236 families are consumers of tea. State whether there is any significant
difference between consumption of tea among Hindu and non-Hindu families.
B5. Three different kinds of food are tested on three groups of rats for 5 weeks. The objective
is to check the difference in mean weight (in grams) of the rats per week. Apply one-way
ANOVA using a 0.05 significance level to the following data:
Food I Food II Food III
8 4 11
12 5 8
19 4 7
8 6 13
6 9 7
11 7 9

C1. Certain pesticides are packed into bags by a machine. A random sample of 10 bags is
drawn and their contents are found to weigh in kgs as follows: 50, 49, 44, 52, 45, 48, 46, 45,
49, 45 Test if the average packing can be taken as 50 kg.
C2. In a test given to two groups of students, the marks obtained are as follows:
First 18 20 36 50 49 36 34 49 41
Group
Second 29 28 26 35 30 44 46
Group
Test if the average marks secured by two groups of students differ significantly.
C3. Two random samples were drawn from two normal populations and their values are as
follows:
A 66 67 75 76 82 84 88 90 92
B 64 66 74 78 82 85 87 92 93 95 97
Test whether the two populations have the same variance at 10% level of significance.
C4. 1,000 families were selected at random in a city to test the belief that the high income
group families usually send their children to public schools and the low income families
often send their children to government schools. The following results were obtained:
Income Public School Government School Total
Low 370 430 800
High 130 70 200
Total 500 500 1000
Test whether income and type of schooling are independent.
C5. Three different techniques, namely medication, exercises and special diet are randomly
assigned to (individuals diagnosed with high blood pressure) lower blood pressure. After four
weeks the reduction in each person’s blood pressure is recorded. Test at 5% level, whether
there is significant difference in mean reduction of blood pressure among the three
techniques.
Medication 10 12 9 15 13
Exercise 6 8 3 0 2
Diet 5 9 12 8 4

D1. The lifetime of electric bulbs for a random sample of 10 from a large consignment gave
the following data: Life in thousand hours: 4.2, 4.6, 4.1, 3.9, 5.2, 3.8, 3.9, 4.3, 4.4, 5.6. Can
we accept the hypothesis that the average lifetime of bulbs is 4000 hours?
D2. For a random sample of 10 persons fed on diet A the increased weight in pounds in a
certain period were 10, 6, 16, 17, 13, 12, 8, 14, 15, and 9. For another random sample of 12
persons fed on diet B, the increase in the same period were 7, 13, 22, 15, 12, 14, 18, 8, 21,
23, 10, and 17. Test whether the diets A and B differ significantly as regards their effect on
increase in weight.
D3. Consider the following measurements of the heat producing capacity of the coal
produced by two mines (in millions of calories per ton):
Mine 1 8260 8130 8350 8070 8340
Mine 2 7950 7890 7900 8140 7920 7840
Can it be concluded that the two population variances are equal?

D5. Three composition instructors recorded the number of spelling errors which their
students made on a research paper. At 1% level of significance test whether there is
significant difference in the average number of errors in the three classes of students.
Instructor 2 3 5 0 8
1
Instructor 4 6 8 4 9 0 2
2
Instructor 5 2 3 2 3 3
3