PROBLEM 1

The possible samples of size are:

The population mean is and the population variance is .

Since the population variance is known, use the Case 1 for estimation of a single
population mean:

Note that ; hence, .

Each sample has a size of 2; therefore, .

Sample Sample Confidence Interval

Mean
The population mean is contained in 36 out of 45 intervals, which accounts for
80% of the total intervals. This is the percentage to be expected because we are 80%
confident that the population mean is inside each interval.
PROBLEM 2

● Related or paired sampling was used because the typing ability of each sample
was tested using two different types of word processors.

Shown in the table below are the difference between the typing efficiency of each
sample:

Typist

1 3

2 1.3

3 3

4 -8.2

5 1.6

6 -1.2

7 2.2

8 2.8

9 2.4

10 1

11 5.2

12 2.8

13 1.2

14 3.6

15 0.7

16 -0.5

17 0.8

18 -0.2

19 0.2

20 3.5
The manufacturer wants to know if the new word processor can make typing more
efficient. Higher efficiency means a better word processor.

Let be the mean efficiency using the standard word processor and be the mean
efficiency using the new word processor. We want to know if the claim is true that
or .

Let be the mean difference in efficiency.

Note that .

Hypothesis

The null hypothesis states that there is no significant difference between the mean
efficiency of using both word processors. Meanwhile, the alternative hypothesis states
that the mean efficiency difference is less than zero since the mean efficiency of using
the new word processor is greater than that of using the old processor.

Test Statistic

The test statistic to be used is:

with critical region

Decision Rule

The critical value is

Hence, we reject if .

Decision

The mean difference is and the standard deviation is .

Also, and ..

Substitute the values to the formula:

Since T is not less than the critical value ; hence, we do not reject .

Interpretation

At a level of significance, there is no sufficient evidence to conclude that the new

word processor can increase the typing efficiency of the typists.