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1.

The mean lifetime of a sample of 100 light tubes produced by a company is found to be
1580 hours with a standard deviation of 90 hours. Test the hypothesis that the mean lifetime
of the tubes produced by the company is 1600 hours.

2. The mean breaking strength of cables supplied by a manufacturer is 1800 with an S.D of
100. With a new technique in the manufacturing process, it is claimed that the breaking
strength of the cable has increased. To test this claim a sample of 50 cables is tested and is
found that the mean breaking strength is 1850. Can we support the claim at 1% level of
significance?

3. A sample of 100 students is taken from a large population. The mean height of the students
in this sample is 160cm. Can it be reasonably regarded that this sample is from a population
of a mean 165 cm and S.D 10 cm? Also, find the 95% Confidence interval for the mean.

4. A sample of 900 members has a mean of 3.4 cm and S.D of 2.61 cm. Is the sample from a
large population of mean 3.25 cm and S.D 2.61 cm. If the population is normal and the mean
is unknown, find the 95% confidence limits for the mean.

5. The buyer of electric bulbs bought 100 bulbs each of two famous brands. Upon testing these he
found that brand A had a mean life of 1500 hours with a standard deviation of 50 hours whereas
brand B had a mean life of 1530 hours with a standard deviation of 60 hours. Can it be concluded
at 5% level of significance, that the two brands differ significantly in quality?

6. Intelligence test given to two groups of boys and girls gave the following information
Mean Score S.D Number
Girls 75 10 50
Boys 70 12 100

Is the difference in the mean scores of boys and girls statistically significant?

7. A simple sample of heights of 6400 Englishmen has a mean of 170 cm and S.D of 6.4 cm, while
a simple sample of heights of 1600 Americans has mean of 172 cm and S.D of 6.3 cm. Do the
data indicate that Americans are on the average taller than Englishmen’s?
8. In a certain factory there are two independent processes manufacturing the same item. The
average weight in a sample of 250 items produced from one process is found to be 120 Ozs,
with a s.d of 12 Ozs, while the corresponding figures in a sample of 400 items from the other
process are 124 Ozs and 14 Ozs. Is the difference between the two sample means significant?
Also find 99% confidence limits.

9. In a sample of 1000 people in Chandigarh, 540 are rice eaters and the rest are wheat eaters. Can
we assume that both rice and wheat are equally popular in this state at 1% level of significance?

10. 40 people are attacked by disease and only 36 survived. Will you reject the hypothesis that the
survival rate, if attacked by this disease, is 85% in favour of hypothesis that it is more, at 5%
level of significance?

11. A die is thrown 9000 times and throw of 3 or 4 is observed 3240 times. Show that the die cannot
be regarded as an unbiased one and find the limits between which the probability of a throw of
3 or 4 lies.

12. A coin is tossed 256 times and 132 heads are obtained. Would you conclude that the coin is a
biased one?

13. A manufacturer of light bulbs claims that an average 2% of the bulbs manufactured by his firm
are defective. A random sample of 400 bulbs contained 13 defective bulbs. On the basis of this
sample, can you support the manufacturer’s claim at 5% level of significance?

14. A machine puts out 16 imperfect articles in a sample of 500. After the machine is overhauled,
it puts out 3 imperfect articles in a batch of 100. Has the machine improved?

15. Before an increase in excise duty on tea, 800 persons out of a sample of 1000 persons were
found to be tea drinkers. After an increase in duty, 800 people were tea drinkers in a sample of
1200 people. State whether there is a significant decrease in the consumption of tea after the
increase in excise duty?

16. In two large populations, there are 30 and 25 percent respectively of blue-eyed people. Is this
difference likely to be hidden in samples of 1200 and 900 respectively from the two populations?
17. In a random sample of 100 men are taken from a village A, 60 were found to be consuming
alcohol. In other sample of 200 men are taken from village B, 100 were found to be consuming
alcohol. Do the two villages differ significantly in respect of the proportion of men who consume
alcohol?

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