MATH4: Experimental Statistics – Activity 1.

Name: Marc John Cimafranca

Course, Year and Section: BSCS 3-B

General Direction: Use diagrams to show the critical region (or regions), and use the traditional method of
hypothesis testing unless otherwise specified. (5pts each)
Perform each of the following steps.
a. State the hypotheses and identify the claim.
b. Find the critical value(s).
c. Find the test value.
d. Make the decision.
e. Summarize the results.

1. Warming and Ice Melt. The average depth of the Hudson Bay is 305 feet. Climatologists were
interested in seeing if the effects of warming and ice melt were affecting the water level. Fifty-
five measurements over a period of weeks yielded a sample mean of 306.2 feet. The population
variance is known to be 3.57. Can it be concluded at the 0.05 level of significance that the
average depth has increased? Is there evidence of what caused this to happen?

Answer:
a.) Claim: The average depth of Hudson Bay has increased from 305 feet.
H0:μ=305
H1:μ>305
b.)zcritical = zα
=z0.05
=1.645
c.) z=¯x−μ /σ√n=
306.2−305/1.897/√55
= 4.69
z=x¯−μσn=306.2−3051.89755=4.69
d.)|Calculated z |4.69 >|Critical z|=1.645
Reject the null.

e.) In conclusion it is in fact true that the mean depth is greater than 305 feet because it has enough
evidences to prove it and the reason is because it might be cause by the warmer temperature or more
rainfall
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2. Nonparental Care. According to the Digest of Educational Statistics, a certain group of

preschool children under the age of one year each spends an average of 30.9 hours per week in
nonparental care. A study of state university center-based programs indicated that a random
sample of 32 infants spent an average of 32.1 hours per week in their care. The standard deviation
of the population is 3.6 hours. At α = 0.01 is there sufficient evidence to conclude that the sample
mean differs from the national mean?

a.) H0: µ = 30.9

H1: µ ≠ 30.9

b.).5 – .01 2 = .495

0.49506
= ± 2.58
c.)z = (32.1− 30.9) / 3.6 / √32 ≈ 1.89

d.)Do not reject H0.

e.) in conclusion. with the given data it shows that the evidence is not enough to to support the claim that
the average number of hours differs from 30.9.

Assume that the population is approximately normally distributed.

3. Cell Phone Call Lengths. The average local cell phone call length was reported to be 2.27
minutes. A random sample of 20 phone calls showed an average of 2.98 minutes in length with a
standard deviation of 0.98 minute. At α = 0.05 can it be concluded that the average differs from
the population average?

a.) H0: µ = 2.27

H1: µ ≠ 2.27

b.) 2.98

c.) 2.98 - 2.27/0.98/√20 = 3.24

d.) reject null

e.) In conclusion, based on the rest results it doesn’t support the claim at 5% level of significance

4. Heights of Tall Buildings. A researcher estimates that the average height of the buildings of 30
or more stories in a large city is at least 700 feet. A random sample of 10 buildings is selected,
and the heights in feet are shown. At α = 0.025, is there enough evidence to reject the claim?
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a.) H0: µ ≥ 700

H1: µ < 700

b.) - 2.262

c.) (606.5 - 700)/109.1/√10 = -2.71

d.) reject the null

e.) In conclusion, if we based on the data it shows that There is enough evidence to reject the claim that
the average height of the buildings is at least 700 feet.

5. Teachers’ Salaries. California and New York lead the list of average teachers’ salaries. The
California yearly average is $64,421 while teachers in New York make an average annual salary
of $62,332. Random samples of 45 teachers from each state yielded the following.

California New York

Sample mean 64,510 62,900

Population standard deviation 8,200 7,800
At α = 0.10 is there a difference in means of the salaries?

a.) H0: µ of california = µ of new york

H1: µ of california ≠ µ of new York

b.) 1.65

c.) 0.95

d.) do not reject the null

e.)In conclusion it shows that the data shows that the means are not different
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6. Commuting Times. The Bureau of the Census reports that the average commuting time for
citizens of both Baltimore, Maryland, and Miami, Florida, is approximately 29 minutes. To see if
their commuting times appear to be any different in the winter, random samples of 40 drivers
were surveyed in each city and the average commuting time for the month of January was
calculated for both cities. The results are provided below. At the 0.05 level of significance, can it
be concluded that the commuting times are different in the winter?
Miami Baltimore

Sample size 40 40
Sample mean 28.5 min 35.2 min
Population standard deviation 7.2 min 9.1 min

a.) H0: µ of baltimore = µ of miami

H1: µ of baltimore ≠ µ of Miami

b.) 1.96

c.) -3.65

d.) reject the null

e.) in conclusion, based on the data that at 0.05 level of significance, the commuting times for citizens of
Baltimore and Miami differ in the winter