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Final Exam 1018
Final Exam 1018
Ramakrishna NAME:
Instructions:
2. Please insure that your copy of the exam has a total of 10 numbered pages that includes
14 questions and two computer printouts.
3. For essay questions, I have provided just enough space for you to write your answers.
Please do not write too much beyond the space provided (otherwise, you will run out of
time).
4. You can use the one-page notes sheet on this exam. You are not permitted to use any
other notes, class materials, books, or other sources of information.
5. This is a timed exam. You will have a maximum of 75 minutes to complete the exam.
GRADE SUMMARY
Problems Partial 36
Full 34
Short essays 12
Multiple choice 18
Extra credit 4
Total 100
Good Luck
A. Identify the independent variable(s) – if any (and define them precisely and indicate they
are qualitative or quantitative)
B. Identify the dependent variable – if any (and define them precisely and indicate they are
qualitative or quantitative)
C. Identify the type of analysis that is appropriate (Chi-Square test of independence, ANOVA,
Regression, or Correlation)
D. Justify why the analysis you identified in part C is correct.
(3 + 3 + 3 + 3 points)
1. Your firm is having quality problem with the production of plastic automotive parts: there are too
many defectives. One of your engineers thinks that it’s because the temperature of the process is
not controlled carefully enough. Another engineer is sure that it’s because the assembly line is
being shut down too often for unrelated reasons. You have decided to analyze the problem and
have come up with figures for the percent defective each day recently, the standard deviation of
temperature measured hourly each day (as a measure of temperature control), and the number of
assembly line stoppages each day. You are interested in finding out which engineer is right.
A.
B.
C.
D.
2. Some critics of big business argue that CEOs are overpaid and that their compensation is not
related the performance of their company. To test this theory, data on executive’s total pay and
company’s performance was collected from a randomly selected set of fifty companies.
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
4. To test whether the mean time needed to mix a batch of material is the same for machines produced
by three manufacturers, Jacob’s Chemical Company obtained the data on the mixing times from ten
batches for each of the machines. What can we conclude?
A.
B.
C.
D.
5. As a consulting industrial engineer you are hired to perform a "human factors experiment"
at Burstinter & Lobel, a large law firm. A pool of 30 typists of similar ability and
experience is selected to participate. Groups of 10 typists each are randomly assigned to
one of three working conditions—very noisy atmosphere (90 Db constant), somewhat
noisy atmosphere (65 Db constant), and pleasant atmosphere (40 Db constant). The
subjects are then asked to type a technical manuscript. The following data represent the
number of mistakes on the manuscript make by the typists under the various working
conditions.
Groups
Very Noisy Somewhat Noisy Pleasant
(90 Db) (65 Db) (40 Db)
14 2 2
12 5 6
13 8 6
13 5 2
16 7 4
18 6 3
19 9 2
11 4 1
10 10 7
13 9 5
At the .01 level of significance, is there evidence of a difference in the average number of
errors between the three groups?
(3 + 8 + 6 points)
A. H0:
H1:
B.
C.
H1:
B.
C.
8. The heights of a sample of husbands and wives in the Heightlands are given below. Write
down an equation (i.e., the regression equation) predicting the height of a husband (Y)
from the height of his wife (X). What is the correlation coefficient for this equation? (2 + 2
points)
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NoiseLeve 3 1, 2, 3
l
Analysis of Variance
Adj
Source DF SS Adj MS F-Value P-Value
14
12
Mistakes
10
2
1 2 3
NoiseLevel
The pooled standard deviation is used to calculate the intervals.
260
250
240
230
Number
220
210
200
190
180
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Price