Institute of Business Management

College of Computer Science & Information Systems

Assignment # 2
Q1. The Food and Nutritional Board of the National Academy of Sciences states that the RDA of Iron for adult females under the
age of 51 is 18 mg. The following iron intakes, in milligrams, during a 24 – Hour periods were obtained for 50 randomly selected
adults females under the age of 51.
15.0 18.1 14.4 14.6 10.9 18.1 18.2 18.3 15.0 16.0
12.6 16.6 20.7 19.8 11.6 12.8 15.6 11.0 15.3 9.4
19.5 18.3 14.5 16.6 11.5 16.4 12.5 14.6 11.9 12.5
14.6 11.9 12.5 18.6 13.1 12.1 10.7 17.3 12.4 17.0
6.3 16.8 12.5 16.3 14.7 12.7 16.3 11.5 10.5 12.0
i) At the 1% level of significance, do the data suggest that adult females under the age of 51 are, on the average, getting
less than the EDA of 18 mg of iron?
ii)

Q2.A paint manufacturer claims that that the average drying time for its new paint is 2 hours. To test that claim the drying
times are obtained for 25 randomly selected cans of paints. Here are the drying time, in minutes.

12 109 115 121 130

3
12 106 120 116 136
7
13 128 139 110 133
1
Do the data provide sufficient evidence to 12 133 119 135 109 conclude that the mean drying time is
greater than the manufacturer’s claim of 2 120 minutes? Use α= 0.05.
12 130 135 120 135
Q3. The U.S Energy Information 5 Administration publishes data on residential
consumption and expenditures inResidential Energy Consumption Survey: Consumptions and Expenditures. Suppose you want
to decide whether last year’s mean annual fuel expenditure for households using natural gas is different from that of for
households using only electricity. At the 5% significance level, what conclusion would you draw given the data, in dollars, shown
in the following table?
Natural Gas Electricity

200 1456 1394 1480 1376 1452 1213 1014

2
154 1321 1338 1400 1185 1327 1059 1394
1
149 1526 1358 1070 1227 1102 1168 1532
5
180 1478 1376 1180 1221 1351
1
157 1475 1664 1461 1102 976
9
130 1456 1369 1379 987 1002
5
149 1507 1636 1450 1177 1150
5
169 1249 1377 1352 1266 1109
8
164 1557 1491 949 1351 1259
8
150 1355 1574 1179 1393 1456
5