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95% Two-sided CI on the breaking strength of yarn: where Cx = 98, V = 2 , n=9 and z0.025 = 1.96
x  z 0.025V / n d P d x  z 0.025V / n
98  1.96(2) / 9 d P d 98  1.96(2) / 9
96.7 d P d 99.3

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a) 95% Two-sided CI on the true mean life of a 75-watt light bulb

For D = 0.05, zD/2 = z0.025 = 1.96, and Cx = 1014, V =25, n=20

V
V
x  z 0.025
d P d x  z 0.025

n
n
25
25
1014  1.96
d P d 1014  1.96

20
20
1003 d P d 1025
b) 95% One-sided CI on the true mean piston ring diameter
For D = 0.05, zD = z0.05 =1.65 and C x = 1014, V =25, n=20

x  z0.05

V
dP
n

25
1014  1.65
dP
20
1005 d P
The lower bound of the one-sided confidence interval is greater than the lower bound of the two-sided
interval. This is because for a one-sided confidence interval the probability in the left tail (D is greater than
the probability in the left tail of the two-sided confidence interval (D.
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99% confidence that the error of estimating the true compressive strength is less than 15 psi
For D = 0.01, zD/2 = z0.005 = 2.58 , and CV =31.62 , E=15

z a / 2V

2.58(31.62)

15

29.6 # 30

Therefore, n=30

t 0.05,14 1.761

b)

t 0.01,19

2.539

3.467

a)

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a) According to the normal probability plot there does not seem to be a severe deviation from normality for
this data. The data appear to fall along a straight line.

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c)

t 0.001, 24

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Normal Probability Plot for 8-27

ML Estimates - 95% CI

99
95
90

Percent

80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
5
1
8.15

8.20

8.25

8.30

Data

b) 95% two-sided confidence interval on mean rod diameter

For D = 0.05 and n = 15, tD/2,n-1 = t0.025,14 = 2.145

s
s
d P d x  t 0.025,14

x  t 0.025,14
n
n
0.025
0.025
8.23  2.145
d P d 8.23  2.145

15
15
8.216 d P d 8.244
c) 95% upper confidence bound on mean rod diameter t0.05,14 = 1.761

P d x  t 0.025,14

0.025

15

P d 8.23  1.761
P d 8.241
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95% two sided confidence interval for V

n 10 s 4.8
F D2 / 2,n1 F 02.025,9
2

19.02 and F12D / 2,n1

9(4.8)
9(4.8)
dV2 d
19.02
2.70
2
10.90 d V d 76.80
3.30  V  8.76
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F 02.975,9

2.70

a) 99% two-sided confidence interval on V2

n 10

s 1.913 F 02.005,9

23.59 and F 02.995,9

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1.73

9(1.913) 2
9(1.913) 2
dV2 d
23.59
1.73
2
1.396 d V d 19.038
b) 99% lower confidence bound for V2
For D = 0.01 and n = 10,

F D2 , n 1

F 02.01,9

21.67

9(1.913) 2
dV2
21.67
1.5199 d V 2
c) 90% lower confidence bound for V2
For D = 0.1 and n = 10,

F D2 , n 1

F 02.1,9

14.68

9(1.913)
dV2
14.68
2.2436 d V 2
1.498 d V
c)

The lower confidence bound of the 99% two-sided interval is less than the one-sided interval. The
lower confidence bound for V2 is in part (c) is greater because the confidence is lower.
C H A P T E R 11

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a)

yi

E 0  E1 xi  H i

S xx

143215.8  1478
20

S xy

)(12.75)
1083.67  (147820

E1

S xy
S xx

141.445
33991.6

33991.6
141.445

0.00416

E0 1220.75  (0.0041617512)( 1478

0.32999
20 )
y 0.32999  0.00416 x
SS E
0.143275
V 2 MS E
0.00796
n2
18

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0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0

-50

50

100

x
y 0.32999  0.00416(85) 0.6836
0.32999  0.00416(90) 0.7044
c) y
d) E1
0.00416
b)

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