Excel Assignment 1 73-202 Winter 2017

INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer part(a) and part(b) in separate worksheet but in the same workbook.
Name Each worksheet. For example: worksheet for part(a) can be named as Part (a).
Submit the assignment in blackboard before 11:30 pm, March 24 (Fridayday)
Late assignments will not be accepted.

Question In a packing plant, a machine packs cartons with jars. It is supposed that a new machine
will pack faster on the average than the machine currently used. To test this, the times (in seconds)
it takes each machine to pack ten cartons are recorded. The observed data is given below:

Pack time (in seconds)

New Machine Old Machine
42 43
41 44
41 44
42 43
42 43
43 43
43 43
42 42
42 44
43 44

a. Do the hypothesis test at 8% significance level, assuming equal variances of the packing
time for both machines. Use excel to do the test. In your Excel worksheet:
i. Fill the cell that show the test statistic with red color
ii. Fill the cell that shows the p-value with green color
iii. Write down the decision rule by using only the values from the excel output.

b. The plant manager claims that the difference between the average packing time of these
two machines is at least 1 second. Do the test at 9% significance level to check whether
plant managers claim is false. Assume unequal variances of the packing time for both
machines. Use excel to do the test. In your Excel worksheet:
i. Fill the cell that show the test statistic with red color
ii. Fill the cell that shows the p-value with green color
iii. Write down your decision rule by using only the values from the table.