MATH 118

Chapter 10
Lab Work 2

Question 1: Berhhart Billiards, Inc, conducted an experiment to measure the speed a cue ball
attains when struck by various weighted pool cues. The conjecture is that a light cue
generates faster speeds while breaking the balls at the beginning of a game of pool.
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Anecdotal experience has indicated that a billiard cue weighing less than 19 ounces generates
faster speeds. Berhhart used a robotic arm to investigate this claim. The research generated
the data given in the file titled Breakcue.
(a) Calculate the sample standard deviation and mean speed produced by cues in the two
weight categories.

(1) Under 19 ounces (2) At or above 19 ounces

𝑥̅1 =25.08 𝑥̅2 =

24.97
𝑠1 = 0.37 𝑠2 = 0.433

(b) Calculate a 95% confidence interval for the difference in the average speed of a cue ball
generated by each of the weight categories.(Assume populations are normally distributed
with equal variances).
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(c) Is the anecdotal evidence correct? Explain.

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Question 2: Production engineers at Sinotron believe that a modified layout on its assembly
lines might increase average worker productivity (measured in the number of units produced
per hour). However, before the engineers are ready to install the revised layout officially
across the entire firm’s production lines, they would like to study the modified line’s effects
on output. The following data represent the average hourly production output of 12 randomly
sampled employees before and after the line was modified:
Employee 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Before 49 45 43 44 48 42 46 46 49 42 46 44
After 49 46 48 50 46 50 45 46 47 51 51 49

At the 0.05 level of significance, the production engineers want to determine whether the
modified (after) layout would increase the average worker productivity.
(a) State thenenull and alternative hypotheses.
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Before I After 2
Sample mean (𝑥̅ )
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45.33 48 16
Sample standard
deviation(𝑠) 2 46 2 12
(c) Conduct a paired sample test of hypothesis:
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Question 3: A marketing research firm is interested in determining whether there is a

difference between the proportion of households in Chicago and the proportion of households
in Milwaukee who purchase groceries online. The research firm decided to randomly sample
households earning more than $50,000 a year in the two cities and ask them if they purchased
any groceries online last year. The random sample involved 150 Chicago households and 135
Milwaukee households. The results of the sample can be found in the file Online Groceries.
(a) Fill out the table with summary statistics:
Chicago Milwaukee
Sample size (𝑛𝑖 ) 150 135
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Number of successes (𝑥𝑖 ) 19
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Sample proportion (𝑝̅𝑖 ) 0.12 t 8.07
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(b) Construct a 95% confidence interval estimate for the difference between the two
population proportions.
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(c) At the 0.10 level of significance, can the marketing research firm conclude that a greater
proportion of households in Chicago earning more than $50,000 annually buys more
or
groceries online than do similar households in Milwaukee? Support your answer with the
appropriate hypothesis test.
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Test Statistics:
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Question 2

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