OHW4

Lucia Pravdova Hastova

BC303

5.
The average monthly amount spent on electricity by a random sample of 60
families from 1st state was found to be $42.07 with s1=8.93, and a sample of 50
families from 2nd state revealed mean amount $39.24 with s2=9.16. Do these
results indicate that first state families spend significantly more? Use 5% SL.

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 7.
There are two major Internet providers in the Colorado Springs, CO, area, one
called HTC and other Mountain. We want to investigate whether there is a
difference in the proportion of times a customer is able to access the Internet.
During a one-week period, 500 calls were placed at random times thought the day
and night to HTC. A connection was made on 450 occasions. A similar study with
Mountain showed the Internet to be available on 352 of 400 trials. At 1% SL, is
there a difference in the percent of time that access to the Internet is successful?
Use a two sided test.

Solution:
n1=500
n2=400
p1= 450/500 = 0.9
p2= 352/400 = 0.88

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H0: p1=p2
H1: p1 is not equal to p2

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Reject if |z| > 2.57

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Average population, p = (n1*p1 + n2*p2)/ (n1+n2) = .0891
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Standard Error = sqrt[p *q* { (1/n1) + (1/n2) }] = 0.021

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z = (p1-p2)/standarderror = 0.957

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