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Exercise 5 (Chapter 6)

1. Two different lightning techniques are compared by measuring the intensity of light
at selected locations in areas lighted by the two methods. If 15 measurements in the
first area had a standard deviation of 2.7 foot candles and 21 measurements in the
second area had a standard deviation of 4.2 foot candles, can it be concluded that the
lightning in the second area has a standard deviation is less uniform? Use   0.05 .
(2.42, reject H0)

2. A pharmaceutical manufacturer purchases a particular material from two different

suppliers. The mean level of impurities in the raw material is approximately the same
for both suppliers, but the manufacturer is concerned about the variability of the
impurities from shipment to shipment. The sample means and variances are shown in
the accompanying table.
Supplier A Supplier B
y1  1.89 y 2  1.85
S2 S2
1  0.273 2  0.094
n1  10 n2  10

Do the data provide sufficient evidence to indicate a difference in the variability

of the shipment impurity levels for two suppliers? Test using   0.05
(2.904, do not reject H0)

3. Two samples of aluminum alloy yielded the following the strength measurements
N Mean Standard deviation
Alloy 2 58 70.7 1.8
Alloy 3 27 76.13 2.42

Use the 0.02 level of significance to test whether it is reasonable to assume that
the variances of the two populations sampled are equal?
(1.808, do not reject H0)

4. Energy shortages have caused many schools to turn down the heat in the class
room. The principal is concerned that this may have an effect on achievement. To
investigate this question further, students in the fifth-grade mathematics class
were randomly assigned to 1of 3 groups. The three groups were then separated
and placed in rooms having different temperatures. Each group received televised
instructions in long division. At the end of the lesson, the same 10-question
examination was given to all 3 groups. The results, scoring the number of correct
answers out of 10, were

65oF 3 5 4 3 4
72oF 7 6 8 9 6 8 8
78oF 4 6 5 7 6 5 4 3
 Is there any significant difference in the mean scores? Use the 0.05 significance
level. (16.021, reject H0)

5. Four different machines M1, M2, M3 and M4 are being considered for the
assembling of a particular product. It is decided that 6 different operators are to be
used in a randomized block experiment to compare the machines. The machines
are assigned in a random order to each operator. The operation of the machine
requires physical dexterity, and it is anticipated that there will be difference
among the operators in the speed with which they operate the machines. The
amount of time ( in seconds) were recorded for assembling the product.

Machine Operator 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total

1 42.5 39.3 39.6 39.9 42.9 43.6 247.8
2 39.8 40.1 40.5 42.3 42.5 43.1 248.3
3 40.2 40.5 41.3 43.4 44.9 45.1 255.4
4 41.3 42.2 43.5 44.2 45.9 42.3 259.4
Total 163.8 162.1 164.9 169.8 176.2 174.1 1010.9

Test the Hypothesis H0 at the 5% significance level that the machines perform at
the same speed. (1.610, Do not reject
H0)

6. The distance required to stop a vehicle on wet pavement was measured to

compare the stopping power of four major brands of tires. A tire of each brand
was tested on the same vehicle on a controlled wet pavement. The resulting
distances are shown in the accompanying table. At   0.05 , is there sufficient
evidence to conclude that there is a difference in the mean stopping distance?
A 37 34 38 36 40 30
B 37 40 37 42 38
C 33 34 38 35 42 34
D 41 41 40 39 41 43
(4.4468. Reject H0)

7. An independent testing agency has been hired by a large manufacturer of tires.

Specifically, the tire manufacturer would like to know if there are differences in
the tread wear of a tire on a variety of road surfaces. To assure uniformity, the
testing agency measured the wear on only the right front tire, drove the cars in all
types of traffic, and attempted to ensure that the weight was the same in all test
vehicles. The data (in millimeters of wear) are shown below.
Type of Road surface
Concrete 8.8 9.6 8.3 9.3 9.1 8.3 8.4
Composite 10.1 10.1 10.3 9.8 9.9 10.6 10.8 10.3
Brick 11.9 11.1 11.0 12.1 12.6 10.9 11.8 12.9 12.3
Gravel 13.4 13.0 11.9 12.6 12.7 13.0
At the 0.05 significance level, are there differences in the mean amount of wear
from various surfaces? (68.9936, reject H0)
8. Clean all is a new purpose cleaner being test marketed by placing sales displays in
three different locations with various supermarkets? The number of 12-ounce
bottles sold from each location within each of the super market is reported below
Location Sales
Near the bread 20 15 24 18
Near the beer 12 18 10 15
With other cleaners 25 28 30 32
At the 0.05 significance level, is there a difference in the mean number of bottles
sold in the three locations? (19.5106, Reject H0)

9. Lammers Limos offers limousine service from Government Center in downtown

Toledo, Ohio, to Metro Airport in Detroit. Sean Lammers, president of the
company, is considering two routes. One is via U.S. 25 and the other via I-75. He
wants to study the time it takes to drive to the airport using each route and then
compare the results. He collected the following sample data, which is reported in
minutes. Using the 0.10 significance level, is there a difference in the variation in
the driving times for the two routes?
U.S. Route 25 Interstate 75
52 59
67 60
56 61
45 51
70 56
54 63
64 57
65

(4.23, reject H0)

10. Steele Electric Products Inc. assembles electrical components for cell phones. For
the last 10 days, Mark Nagy has averaged 9 rejects, with a standard deviation of 2
rejects per day. Debbie Richmond averaged 8.5 rejects, with a standard deviation
of 1.5 rejects, or the same period. At the 0.05 significance level, can we conclude
that there is more variation in the number of rejects per day attributed to Mark?
(1.78, do not reject H0)

11. Find the critical value of F under the following conditions:

H0:  1   2 ; H1:  1   2 , where n1 = 8 and n2 = 7. Use the 0.10 significance
2 2 2 2
(a)
level. (4.21)
(b) 
H 0: 1
2
  2
2 ; H1:  2
1   2
2 , where n1 = 4 and n2 = 10. Use the 0.05 significance
level. (3.86)

12. Last year’s graduates in accounting and sales had the same mean starting salaries.
However, the standard deviation was $ 2000 (sample of 8) among the accountants
 and $4200 (sample of 7) among the sales majors. At the 0.05 significance level,
can we conclude there is more variation among the sales graduates?
(4.41, reject H0 )

13. You select a sample of 8 from a normally distributed population. The variance for
this sample is 56. You select a sample of 10 from a second normally distributed
population (independent from the first population). The variance for this sample
is 24. Use a level of significance of 0.05, test if there is a significant difference in
the population variances. (2.33, do not reject H0)

14. The Computer Anxiety Rating Scale (CARS) measures an individual’s level of
computer anxiety on a scale from 20 (no anxiety) to 100 (highest level of
anxiety). Researchers at Miami University administered CARS to 172 business
students. One of the objectives of the study was to determine if there is a
difference between the level of computer anxiety experienced by female students
and male students.

Males Females
Sample mean 40.26 36.85
Sample standard deviation 13.35 9.42
Sample size 100 72

(a) At the 0.05 level of significance, is there evidence of a difference in the

variability of the computer anxiety experienced by females and males?
(2.008, reject H0)

(b) What assumptions do you need to make about the two populations in order
to justify the use of the F test?
(the test assumes that each of the two populations are normally distributed)

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