Probability & Statistics
Tutorial 21
1. A sample of n = 18 observations has a sample mean of x = 57.74 and a sample
standard deviation of s = 11.2. Consider the hypothesis testing problems:
(a) H0 : µ = 55 versus HA : µ ̸= 55.
(b) H0 : µ ≥ 65 versus HA : µ < 65.
Calculate the p-value in each case.
2. A sample of n = 39 observations has a sample mean of x = 5532 and a sample
standard deviation of s = 287.8. Consider the hypothesis testing problems:
(a) H0 : µ = 5680 versus HA : µ ̸= 5680.
(b) H0 : µ ≤ 5450 versus HA : µ > 5450.
Calculate the p-value in each case.
3. An experimenter is interested in the hypothesis testing problem
H0 : µ = 430 versus HA : µ ̸= 430,
where µ is the average breaking strength of a bundle of wool bers. Suppose that
a sample of n = 20 wool ber bundles is obtained and their breaking strengths are
measured.
(a) For what values of the t-statistic does the experimenter accept the null hypoth-
esis with a size α = 0.1?
(b) For what values of the t-statistic does the experimenter reject the null hypoth-
esis with a size α = 0.01?
Suppose that the sample mean is x = 436.5 and the sample standard deviation is
s = 11.9.
(a) Is the null hypothesis accepted or rejected with α = 0.1? With α = 0.01?
(b) Write down an expression for the p-value and evaluate it.
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4. A machine is set to cut metal plates to a length of 44.35 mm. The lengths of a
random sample of 24 metal plates have a sample mean of x = 44.364 mm and a
sample standard deviation of s = 0.019 mm. Is there any evidence that the machine
is miscalibrated?
5. A food manufacturer claims that at the time of purchase by a consumer the average
age of its product is no more than 120 days. In an experiment to test this claim a
random sample of 36 items are found to have ages at the time of purchase with a
sample mean of x = 122.5 days and a sample standard deviation of s = 13.4 days.
With this information how do you feel about the manufacturer's claim?
6. A company advertises that its electric motors provide an e ciency that is at least
25% higher than the industry norm. A consumer interest group ran an experiment
with a sample of 23 machines for which the increases in e ciency over the industry
norm had a sample mean of x = 22.8% and a sample standard deviation of s = 8.72%.
What evidence does the consumer interest group have that the advertised claim is
false?
