Question 1

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What is the difference between a t-test and F-test?

Question 2
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If the probability that any individual will react positively to a drug is 0.5, what is the
probability that 5 individuals will react positively from a sample of 10 individuals?

Question 3
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A random sample of 50 teaching assistants at the University of Iowa in the fall of

1996 indicated that 30 of them were planning to join the union for teaching
assistants. Calculate a 95 percent confidence interval for the proportion of University
of Iowa teaching assistants who are in favor of joining a union.

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The American Association of University Professors claims that the mean income of
tenured professors at public universities is $ 65,000. Our hypothesis is that the mean
salary is actually lower than $65,000. In order to test whether or not the mean salary
is lower than $ 65,000. We take a random sample of n=40 professors. Their salaries
led to a sample average of $60,000 and a sample standard deviation s=$8,000.
(a) Calculate the test statistic and obtain its probability value.
(b) Assuming a significance level of 5 percent, what is your conclusion?

Question 5
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Two different methods of training have been evaluated to find out if there is a
difference between them. One test group consists of 16 participants, and the
other consists of 11. The respective standard deviations are 14.0 and 7.
Assume a risk, = 0.05.

Question 6
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Explain the Juran Trilogy, in approximately 50 words:

Question 7
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Formulate the appropriate null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis for testing
that the starting salary for graduates with a B.S. degree in electrical
engineering is greater than $38,000 per year.

Question 8
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In a sample of 100 items produced by a machine that produces 10% defective items,
what is the probability that 8 items are defective? (Calculate with binomial
distribution formula and verify your response using MINITAB).

Question 9
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Explain Null Hypothesis, Alternative Hypothesis, Types of error, Significance Level,

Risk Level in hypothesis testing.

Question 10
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The data shown below are the times in minutes that successive
customers had to wait for service at an oil change facility.
Using hand calculation and formula 1) find sample mean and
standard deviation, 2) construct a histogram, and 3) use
MINITAB to validate your findings and the histogram.
9.93

10.13

9.98

9.92

9.98
9.92
9.97
9.96
9.91
9.90
10.09
10.07
10.01
10.10

9.78
9.97
10.08
10.15
9.93
9.99
9.91
10.05
9.88

10.07
9.92
10.01
9.94
9.88
10.05
10.06
10.21
10.13

9.84
10.09
9.84
9.98
9.92
10.01
9.86
9.95
9.83

10.01
10.09
10.08
10.00
10.02
10.03
10.03
10.02
9.97

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Question 12
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A method of testing (X), has been used extensively to measure the water content in a
latex co-polymer. Based upon a very large number of test results, this method has a
standard deviation of S,, = 0.071 units. A new method (Y) has been developed in an
effort to reduce the variation of tests results. Eight independent tests gave a
standard deviation of S, = 0.038. Do the data support the hypothesis that there is a
difference in the variations? = 0.10 (Alpha = 0.10).

Question 13
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Attach your answer as a Word document/PDF file.

Question 14
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Consider the following probability distribution for X, the selling price of a $ 100
investment:
x
0
50
130

f(x)

0.2

0.3

0.5

(a) Calculate the mean of this discrete probability distribution. On average, is your
investment successful?
(b) Calculate the standard deviation of this distribution.

Question 15
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Suppose the average number of customers arriving at ATM during

the lunch hour is 12 customers per hour. The probability of
exactly two arrivals during the lunch hour is:

Question 16
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Consider a process variable I that has a standard deviation of 1 (sigma 1), and
a process variable 2 that has a standard deviation 2 (sigma 2). For example,
(1 might represent the standard deviation of the tablet weight of a pharmaceutical
product before attempts were made to reduce variability and 2 the standard
deviation after efforts were made to reduce the variation. A sample of seven tablets
is taken from the production line prior to the improvement, and five tablets are taken
from the production line after implementation of the modification. Using F-test,
decide on hypothesis that one of the variances is greater than the other
variance. Considering the data in table below establish an appropriate hypothesis
and draw conclusions on the process improvement has reduced the
variation. (Alpha) Risk = 0.05 (a confidence level of 95%).

The weights of tablets prior

after

The weights of tablets

to process improvement:
process improvement
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12.3
12.6
12.7
12.5
12.5
12.6
12.6
12.5
12.4
12.4
12.9
12.2
S1 = 0.24

S2 = 0.08

S12 = 0.0576

S22 = 0.0064

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Thirty light bulbs were selected randomly form among a very large production batch,
and they were put on test to determine the time until they burn out. The average
failure time for these thirty bulbs was 1,100 hours; the sample standard deviation
was 200 hours.The light bulbs are advertised as having a mean life length of 1150
hours. Test this hypothesis against the alternative that the mean life length of this
batch is actually smaller than 1,150 hours.

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A diet plan states that, on average, participants will lose 13 pounds in four weeks. As
a statistician for a competing organization, you want to test the claim. You sample
100 participants who have been on the subject diet plan for four weeks. You find that
the average weight loss has been 1 1.4 pounds with a sample standard deviation of
1.6 pounds. What is your conclusion based on the data using a 5 percent level of
significance (risk)?