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Statps8 2023 Sol

This document contains 6 problems from a statistics for engineers problem set. The problems cover topics like hypothesis testing on differences in means and standard deviations between two populations, confidence intervals on differences in means and proportions, and determining if claims of differences between populations can be statistically supported. Students are asked to provide solutions to each problem stating tests, calculations, and conclusions.

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Statps8 2023 Sol

This document contains 6 problems from a statistics for engineers problem set. The problems cover topics like hypothesis testing on differences in means and standard deviations between two populations, confidence intervals on differences in means and proportions, and determining if claims of differences between populations can be statistically supported. Students are asked to provide solutions to each problem stating tests, calculations, and conclusions.

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INE2002 Statistics for Engineers

Spring 2023

Problem Set 8

1. A study was performed to determine whether men and women differ in repeatability in assembling
components on printed circuit boards. Random samples of 25 men and 21 women were selected,
and each subject assembled the units. The two sample standard deviations of assembly time
were smen = 0.98 minutes and swomen = 1.02 minutes. Is there evidence to support the claim
that men and women differ in repeatability for this assembly task? Use α= 0.02 and state any
necessary assumptions about the underlying distribution of the data.
Solution:

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2. The manager of a fleet of automobiles is testing two brands of radial tires and assigns one tire of
each brand at random to the two rear wheels of eight cars and runs the cars until the tires wear
out. The data (in kilometers) follow. Find a 99% confidence interval on the difference in mean
life. Which brand would you prefer based on this calculation?

Solution:

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3. Two suppliers manufacture a plastic gear used in a laser printer. The impact strength of these
gears measured in foot-pounds is an important characteristic. A random sample of 10 gears from
supplier 1 results in x̄1 = 290 and s1 = 12 and another random sample of 16 gears from the
second supplier results in x̄2 = 321 and s2 = 22
Is there evidence to support the claim that supplier 2 provides gears with higher mean impact
strength? Use α = 0.05, and assume that both populations are normally distributed but the
variances are not equal.
Solution:

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4. Two machines are used for filling plastic bottles with a net volume of 16.0 ounces. The fill volume
can be assumed to be normal with standard deviation σ1 = 0.020 and σ2 = 0.025 ounces. A
member of the quality engineering staff suspects that both machines fill to the same mean net
volume, whether or not this volume is 16.0 ounces. A random sample of 10 bottles is taken from
the output of each machine.

a) Do you think the engineer is correct? Use α = 0.05. What is the P-value for this test?
b) Calculate a 95% confidence interval on the difference in means. Provide a practical interpre-
tation of this interval.
Solution:

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5. Two different formulations of an oxygenated motor fuel are being tested to study their road
octane numbers. The variance of road octane number for formulation 1 is σ12 = 1.5, and for
formulation, 2 it is σ22 = 1.2. Two random samples of size n1 = 15 and n2 = 20 are tested, and
the mean road octane numbers observed are x̄1 = 89.6 and x̄2 = 92.5. Assume normality.
a) If formulation 2 produces a higher road octane number than formulation 1, the manufacturer
would like to detect it. Formulate and test an appropriate hypothesis using α = 0.05.
b) Explain how the question in part (a) could be answered with a 95% confidence interval on the
difference in mean road octane number.
Solution:

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6. Two different types of injection-molding machines are used to form plastic parts. A part is
considered defective if it has excessive shrinkage or is discolored. Two random samples, each
of size 300, are selected, and 15 defective parts are found in the sample from machine 1, and 8
defective parts are found in the sample from machine 2.
a) Is it reasonable to conclude that both machines produce the same fraction of defective parts,
using α = 0.05?
b) Construct a 95% confidence interval on the difference in the two fractions defective.
Solution:
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