EXERCISE

# 3: ONE-SAMPLE HYPOTHESIS TESTING IE131: STATISTICAL ANALYSIS FOR IE

INSTRUCTION: Answer the following problems or cases individually. You can answer the following problems manually. Use any
sheet of paper and make sure your solutions are neat, legible, and in correct understandable order.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
a. For computerized answers, submit your output in PDF format. For manual answers, please take a CLEAR picture of your
paper, paste it to a Word Document and then save as PDF.
b. Filename: IE131-EX3-FamilyName.pdf
c. Deadline: Friday, October 8, 11:59PM.
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PROBLEM SOLVING. Answer the following problems neatly with solutions and interpretation. Show the complete
hypothesis testing procedure.

Caselet #1

A manufacturing company produces bearings. One line of bearings is specified to be 1.64 centimeters (cm) in
diameter. A major customer requires that the variance of the bearings be no more than 0.001 cm2. The producer is
required to test the bearings before they are shipped, and so the diameters of 16 bearings are measured with a
precise instrument, resulting in the following values:

1.69 1.62 1.63 1.70 1.66 1.63 1.65 1.71 1.64 1.69 1.57 1.64 1.59 1.66 1.63 1.65

Assume bearing diameters are normally distributed. Use the data and α = 0.025 to test the data to determine whether
the population of these bearings is to be rejected because of too high variance.


Caselet #2
The advertised claim for batteries for cell phones is set at 48 operating hours with proper charging procedures. A
study of 5000 batteries is carried out and 15 stop operating prior to 48 hours. Do these experimental results support
the claim that less than 0.2 percent of the company’s batteries will fail during the advertised time period, with proper
charging procedures? Use a hypothesis-testing procedure with α = 0.01.


Caselet #3
An article in the ASCE Journal of Energy Engineering (1999, Vol. 125, pp. 59–75) describes a study of the thermal
inertia properties of autoclaved aerated concrete used as a building material. Five samples of the material were
tested in a structure, and the average interior temperatures (°C) reported were as follows: 23.01, 22.22, 22.04, 22.62,
and 22.59. Test that the average interior temperature is equal to 22.5 °C using α = 0.05.


Caselet #4
A computer manufacturer ships laptop computers with the batteries fully charged so that customers can begin to
use their purchases right out of the box. In its last model, 85% of customers received fully charged batteries. To
simulate arrivals, the company shipped 100 new model laptops to various company sites around the country. Of the
100 laptops shipped, 96 of them arrived reading 100% charged. Do the data provide evidence that this model’s rate
is at least as high as the previous model? Test the hypothesis at α = 0.05.


Caselet #5
If the standard deviation of hole diameter exceeds 0.01 millimeters, there is an unacceptably high probability that
the rivet will not fit. Suppose that in a sample of 15, the standard deviation is 0.008 millimeter. Is there strong
evidence to indicate that the standard deviation of hole diameter exceeds 0.01 millimeter? Use α = 0.10.