MTH3003

SESSION 2020/2021 SEM 2

TUTORIAL 8

1. According to a basketball coach, the mean height of all female college basketball players is
69.5 inches. A random sample of 25 such players produced a mean height of 70.25 inches
with a standard deviation of 2.1 inches. Assuming that the heights of all female college
basketball players are normally distributed, test at the 1% significance level whether their
mean height is different from 69.5 inches.

2. The table below summarized the report on the mean time (in hours) spent watching
television by children in population 1 and 2 respectively. Assume the time spent watching
television by children have a normal distribution with equal variances.
Population 1 Population 2
Sample size 14 16
Sample mean 23 25
Sample variance 9 16
(a) Suppose you wish to detect the difference between the population means. State the
null and alternative hypotheses for the test.
(b) Find the rejection region for the test in part (a) for 𝛼 = 0.01 and conduct the test.
(c) Find the approximate p-value for the test and state your conclusion.
(d) Find a 99% confidence interval for 𝜇 − 𝜇 . Compare your interpretation of the
confidence interval with your test in part (b).

3. A company claims that its medicine, Brand X provides faster relief from pain than another
company’s medicine, Brand Y. A researcher tested both brands of medicine in two groups of
randomly selected patients. The results of the test are given in the following table. The mean
and standard deviation of relief times are in minutes. Assume that the two populations are
normally distributed with unequal standard deviations.
Mean of relief Standard deviation of
Brand Sample size
times Relief Time
X 22 44 11
Y 25 49 9
(a) Construct a 99% confidence interval for the difference between the mean relief
times for the two brands of medicine.

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 (b) Test at the 1% significance level whether the mean relief time for Brand X is less
than that for Brand Y.

4. A company sent 7 of its employees to attend a course in building self-confidence. Their

confidence level then evaluated before and after attending this course. The table gives the
scores (1 being the lowest and 15 being the highest score) of confidence level.
Before 8 5 4 9 6 9 5
After 10 8 5 11 6 7 9
(a) Find a 95% confidence interval for the mean 𝜇 of the population paired
differences. Use score after minus score before for the difference.
(b) Test at the 1% significance level whether attending this course increase the average
confidence level of the employees.

5. A sample of 18 observations selected from a normally distributed population produced a

sample variance of 4.6.
(a) Write the null and alternative hypotheses to test whether the population variance is
different from 2.2.
(b) Using α = 0.05, find the critical value of 𝜒 . What is the rejection region.
(c) Find the value of the test statistic 𝜒 .
(d) Using the 5% significance level, will you reject the null hypothesis stated in part a?

6. A medical researcher wishes to see whether the variances of the heart rates (in beats per
minutes) of smokers are different from the variances of heart rates of people who do not
smoke. The two samples are selected and the data are shown below.

Smoker Non-smoker

𝑛 = 25 𝑛 = 16

𝑠 =6 𝑠 = 3.16

(a) Write the null and alternative hypotheses to test whether the population variances
are equal or not. Test the hypotheses at 𝛼 = 0.05 and write your conclusion.
(b) Find a 95% confidence interval for the ratio of the two population variances. Does
this interval confirm your conclusion from part (a)? Explain.

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7. A comparison of the precisions of two machines developed for extracting juice from oranges
is to be made using the following data:
Machine A Machine B
𝑛 = 25 𝑛 = 25
𝑠 = 3.1 𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑠 = 1.4 𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠

(a) Is there sufficient evidence to indicate that there is a difference in the precision of
the two machines at 5% level of significance?
(b) Find a 95% confidence interval for the ratio of the two population variances. Does
this interval confirm your conclusion from part (a)? Explain.

8. A random sample of students by the location of school and the number achieving basic skill
levels in three subjects is shown in the following table.
Subject
Location of school Reading Mathematics Science
Urban 43 42 38
Suburban 63 66 65

Based on the given table, perform the chi-square test for independence at 𝛼 = 0.01 by
answering the following.
(a) State the null and alternative hypotheses.
(b) Determine the degree of freedom, find the critical value and identify the rejection
region.
(c) Calculate the test statistic.
(d) Decide to reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis. Give your conclusion.

9. You work for an insurance company and are studying the relationship between types of
crashes and the vehicles involved. As part of your study, you randomly select 3207 vehicle
crashes and organize the resulting data as shown in the contingency table. At 𝛼 = 0.05, can
you conclude that the type of crash depends on the type of vehicle?
Vehicle
Type of crash Car Lorry Van
Single-vehicle 895 493 45
Multiple-vehicle 1400 336 38