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Introduction to Statistical Modeling

Case Assignment 4 Solution


Chapter 10
Instructions:
Show ALL your work manually. That means that all calculations must be shown in
their entirety. You must use the formulae used in the textbook. You can add extra
space as needed for your answers. You must include the Honor Pledge on all your
assignments.

1. What is the appropriate t critical value for each of the following confidence levels and
sample sizes when testing the two-sided alternative hypothesis?

Give your answers to three decimal places.

a. 80% confidence, n = 17

b. 90% confidence, n = 7

c. 99% confidence, n = 4

d. 95% confidence, n = 14
2. The average gas mileage of a 4-wheel drive truck is 18.2 miles per gallon. The average gas
mileage for 7 randomly selected trucks are listed below.

a. Assume the gas mileage distribution is normal. It is of interest to know if the sample data
suggests the average gas mileage is different from 18.2 miles per gallon. What are the
appropriate hypotheses?

b. Compute the test statistic for the hypotheses in (a).

Test Statistic = ______________ Give your answer to four decimal places.

c. Compute the approximate p-value associated with the test statistic in (b).

P-Value = ______________ Give your answer to two decimal places.

d. Does the sample data support the null hypothesis at the = 0.05 level?
3. The manager takes independent samples of 10 vertical blind installations of each of the two
employees and computes the following information.

Assume that the samples were randomly selected from normally distributed populations
with equal variances. Give your answers to three decimal places.

a. State the appropriate null and alternative hypotheses to test whether the new employee
installs vertical blinds faster, on the average, than the veteran employee.

b. Calculate the pooled estimate of the common variance.

c. Calculate the value of the test statistic.


d. Find the appropriate critical value for the hypotheses assuming = 0.05.

e. What is the appropriate conclusion?

The new employee ______________ install vertical blinds faster than the veteran
employee.

4. The average low temperature for Champlin, MN in November is 12 degrees F. The


average low temperature for each of 8 randomly selected years is listed below.

11.0, 12.4, 11.8, 10.9, 11.4, 12.2, 10.8, 12.2

Assume the November low temperature distribution is normal. It is of interest to


know if the sample data suggest the average low temperature is lower than 12 degrees
F.

a. Compute the test statistic for the hypotheses in (a).

Test Statistic = ______________ Give your answer to two decimal places.

b. Compute the approximate p-value associated with the test statistic in (b).

What is the p-value?______________ Give your answer to three decimal places.

c. Conclusion:
d. The sample data ______________ support the null hypothesis at the level?

5. A simple random sample of 100 grocery receipts was drawn from a normal population.
The mean and standard deviation of the sample were $120 and $25, respectively. Test the
hypotheses H0: = 125 vs. H1: 125 at the 10% significance level.

Give your answers to two decimal places.

a. Test statistic =

b. Critical Value(s) =

c. Conclusion:

d. Interpretation: ____________________________

e. Estimate the population mean with 90% confidence.


6. Assume that the population distributions of ages (in years) of students at two different
universities in Michigan are normal with equal variances. Two random samples, drawn
independently from the populations, showed the following statistics.

Construct and interpret a 99% confidence interval for the true difference in average ages
of students at both universities using the pooled-variance t-test.

What is the 99% confidence interval? (CI)

a. CI = ______________ Enter (n1, n2). Give the limits of CI rounded to two decimal
places.

b. The sample evidence supports that the two universities' students ______________
have significantly different ages.
7. A scientist is testing two different types of Secchi discs. This is an instrument used for
determining water clarity. The scientist takes a depth reading (in feet below the surface)
with each disc at 8 different locations on a lake. The results of the 8 different locations
for each Secchi disc are listed below.

Assume the two population distributions are normal. Determine if there is a significant
difference in average depth reading for the two discs. Use a significance level of =
0.01.

a. Test Statistic = ______________ Give your answer to two decimal places.

b. Reject Region: Reject H0 if |t| > ______________ Give your answer to three decimal
places.

c. Conclusion: ______________

d. There ______________ in average depth reading for two disks.

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