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Practical problems

1. A sample of 400 male students is found to have a mean height of 171.38 cm. Can
it be reasonably regarded as a sample from a large population with mean height
171.17 cm. andstandard deviation 3.30 cm. (TU 2046 MBA) (Ans: Z= 1.27)

2. The mean income of the random sample of 100 employees of an industrial concern
was found to be Rs.3000.if the standard deviation of the population was 25, find the
standard error of the mean and also test whether the sample mean differs from the
population mean of 2850. (TU Model)(Ans: S.E= 2.5, Z=60)

3. A moped manufacturer hypothesized that the mean miles per gallon for its moped
is 115.2. It takes a sample of 49 mopeds and finds the sample mean to be 117.4 per
gallon. If the population standard deviation is known to 8.4, test the hypothesis that
the true mean miles per gallon is 115.2 against the alternative hypothesis that is
greater than 115.2 using the 0.05 significance level. (TU 2052, MBA) (Ans: Z =
1.833)

4. The average height of 50 students who showed athletic interest was 68.2 inches
with a standard deviation of 2.5 inches, while another set of 50 students who showed
no athletic interest has the average height of 67.5 inches with a standard deviation of
2.8 inches. Test the hypothesis that athletic interest makes a student taller. (TU 2050
MBA) (Ans: Z = 1.32)

5. 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 grams with a standard deviation of 12 grams, while the
corresponding figure in a sample of 400 items from the other process are 124 and 14.
Find the standard error of the difference of means and also test whether the two mean
weights differ significantly or not at 10 percent level of significance. (TU 2053
MBA) (Ans: S.E. = 1.032, Z = -3.87)

6. A study on expenditure behavior of tourists in Nepal revealed that the average


expenditure of 100 European tourists per day is NRs. 9200 with the standard
deviation of NRs. 600. Also, the average expenditure of 100 American tourists per
day is NRs. 10000 with standard deviation of NRs. 500. Can you conclude that the
expenditure behavior of European and American tourists are same? (TU 2059 MBA)
(Ans: Z = - 10.242)
7.
College Sample size Mean grade Sample std. dev.
P 160 179 18
Q 150 175 19
Is there a significant difference in the mean grade of the students at the two colleges P and
Q?
(TU 2065 MBA) (Ans: Z = 1.899)
8. Sample of two types of electric light bulbs were tested for length of life and
following data wereobtained.

Type I 𝑛1=50 ̅𝑋̅1 = 1234 hours 𝑆1 = 36 hours


Type II 𝑛2=50 ̅𝑋̅1 = 1036 hours 𝑆2 = 40 hours
Is the difference in the means sufficient to warrant that type I is superior to type II
regarding the length of life? (TU 20363) (Ans: Z =26.02)

9. A sample of 600 persons selected randomly from a large city gives the result that
males are 53%. Is there reason to doubt the hypothesis that males and females are in
equal number in the city? (TU 2040 MBA), (Ans: Z= 1.469)

10. In a metropolitan city, it was observed that 500 out of 1500 men are against the
‘Green sticker control policy’ in vehicles. Based on this information can you conclude
that majority of the people in the town are in favor of the policy, assuming that people in
favor and disfavor equal. (TU 2058 MBS) (Ans: Z= 13.17)

11. The owner of a wholesale distributing firm would like the proportion of account
receivable that are more than 60 days past due. The owner estimates that in the past the
proportion has remained stable at 15%. A random sample of 200 current accounts
receivable revealed that were more than 60 days past due. Using the 0.05 level of
significance, is there evidence that proportion of accounts receivable that are more than
60 days past due has changed? (TU 2051 MBA), (Ans: Z= 2.77)

12. It is claimed that both tea and coffee are equally popular in Ilam district. If in a
random sample of 1200 persons 650 were regular consumers of tea. Is the claim
justified at 5% level of significance? (TU 2065 II), (Ans: Z= 2.91)

13. A furniture store with a loose credit policy expects that 8% of its credit accounts will
default onpayments. Looking at the 500 accounts sold last year, however, we see that 49
have defaulted. Using a 5% level of significance do you think the store has reason to
believe that estimate of 8% istoo low? (TU 2048 MBA) (Ans: Z= 1.48)

14. Before an increasing in excise duty on coffee 800 out of a sample of 1000 persons
was known to be taking coffee. After the increase in duty 800 persons are now found to
be taking coffee in a sample of 1200. Do you think that there has been a significant
decrease in the consumption of coffee after the increase in the excise duty?
(TU 2055 MBA) (Ans: Z= 7.08)

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