Engineering Data Analysis
Final Assignment
Directions: Please answer what is/are asked for in each of the following. No need to copy the
questions but be sure to write neatly the complete solutions and calculations.
1. In an industrial process, the diameter of a ball bearing is an important measurement. The
buyer sets specifications for the diameter to be 3.0 ± 0.01 cm. The implication is that no part
falling outside these specifications will be accepted. It is known that in the process the diameter
of a ball bearing has a normal distribution with mean μ = 3.0 and standard deviation σ = 0.005.
On average, how many manufactured ball bearings will be scrapped?
2. There are two machines available for cutting corks intended for use in wine bottles. The first
produces corks with diameters that are normally distributed with mean 3 cm and standard
deviation 0.1 cm. The second machine produces corks with diameters that have a normal
distribution with mean 3.04 cm and standard deviation 0.02 cm. Acceptable corks have diameters
between 2.9 cm and 3.1 cm. Which machine is more likely to produce an acceptable cork?
3. The average life of a certain type of small motor is 10 years with a standard deviation of 2
years. The manufacturer replaces free all motors that fail while under guarantee. If he is willing
to replace only 3% of the motors that fail, how long a guarantee should be offered? Assume that
the lifetime of a motor follows a normal distribution.
4. A toothpaste company wants to know if its new product increases the length of time in
between dentist visits for its users. The company sets a target of 180 days to determine if its
product prevents dentist visits longer than other toothpastes. A random sample of 49 customers
is taken with a mean of 186 days and a standard deviation of 20. Set up a one-tailed test at 0.01
level.
5. A drug manufacturer claimed that the mean potency of one of its antibiotics was 80%. A
random sample of n =100 capsules were tested and produced a sample mean of 77.8% with a
standard deviation of 0.9%. Do the data present sufficient evidence to refute the manufacturer’s
claim? Do a two-tailed test at 0.05 level.
6. A sample of 12 radon detectors of a certain type was selected, and each was exposed to 100
pCi/L of radon. The resulting readings were as follows:
105.6 90.9 91.2 96.9 96.5 91.3 100.1 105.0 99.6 107.7 103.3 92.4
Does this data suggest that the population mean reading under these conditions differs from 100?
State and test the appropriate hypotheses using 5% level of significance.
7. Is there a difference between the life of batteries made by Duracell and Eveready? Let 1 be
the mean lifetime (in days) for Duracell batteries, and 2 be that of Eveready batteries. Perform
a 5% level of test.
Duracell Eveready
Sample Size n 30 30
(batteries)
x 42 45
Sample Standard 18 20
Deviation
8. Two classes of pre-calculus students took an exam to place them into either Advance
Placement or regular calculus the following year. Given the following data, can you reject the
null hypotheses (alpha=0.05) that, as groups these classes are equally prepared (or not) for AP
calculus?
Class 1 Class 2
62 46
54 53
59 50
56 52
59 54
59 52
60 49
60 55
58 48
56 52
