EPPD2023

ASSIGNMENT TOPIC 9

Question 1.

A human resources manager for a car company wanted to know whether production-line
workers have more days absent than office workers. He took a random sample of eight
workers from each category and recorded the number of days absent the previous year.
Can we infer that there is a difference in days absent between the two groups of workers?
(at 10% significance level) (equal-variances)

Production-line workers 4 0 6 8 3 11 13 5
Office workers 9 2 7 1 4 7 9 8

Question 2.

The owner of a small book-publishing company is concerned about the declining number
of people who read books. To learn more about the problem she takes a random sample
of customers in a retail book store and asked each how many books they read in the last
12 months. The following figures were recorded. Is there enough evidence to conclude
that there are differences in the number of books purchased by females and males? (at
10% significance level) (equal-variances)

Females 5 18 11 3 7 5 9 13 15
Males 9 7 9 3 6 5

Question 3.

A men’s softball league is experimenting with a yellow baseball that is easier to see during
night games. One way to judge the effectiveness is to count the number of errors. In a
preliminary experiment, the yellow baseball was used in 10 games and the traditional
white baseball was used in another 10 games. The number of errors in each game was
recorded and is listed here. Can we infer that there are fewer errors on average when the
yellow ball is used? (at 10% significance level) (equal-variances)

Yellow 5 2 6 7 2 5 3 8 4 9
White 7 6 8 5 9 11 8 3 6 10
Question 4.

A number of restaurants feature a device that allows credit card users to swipe their cards
at the table. It allows the user to specify a percentage or a dollar amount to leave as a tip.
In an experiment to see how it works, a random sample of credit card users was drawn.
Some paid the usual way, and some used the new device. The percent left as a tip was
recorded and listed below. Can we infer that users of the device leave larger tips? (at 10%
significance level) (equal-variances)

Usual 10.3 15.2 13.0 9.9 12.1 13.4 12.2 14.9 13.2 12.0
Device 13.6 15.7 12.9 13.2 12.9 13.4 12.1 13.9 15.7 15.4 17.4

Question 5.

The operations manager of a manufacturer of television remote controls wants to

determine which batteries last the longest in his product. He took a random sample of his
remote controls and tested two brands of batteries. Here are the number of minutes of
continuous use before the batteries failed for each brand. Is there statistical evidence of
a difference in longevity between the two batteries? (Unequal variances) (at 10%
significance level) (unequal-variances)

Battery 1 106 111 109 105

Battery 2 125 103 121 118

Question 6.

Many people use scanners to read documents and store them in a Word (or some other
software) file. To help determine which brand of scanner to buy, a student conducts an
experiment wherein eight documents are scanned by each of the two scanners in which
he is interested. He records the number of errors made by each. These data are listed
here. Can he infer that Brand A (the more expensive scanner) is better than Brand B?

Document 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Brand A 17 29 18 14 21 25 22 29
Brand B 21 38 15 19 22 30 31 37
Question 7.

How effective are antilock brakes, which pump very rapidly rather than lock and thus
avoid skids? As a test, a car buyer organized an experiment. He hit the brakes and, using
a stopwatch, recorded the number of seconds it took to stop an ABS-equipped car and
another identical car without ABS. The speeds when the brakes were applied and the
number of seconds each took to stop on dry pavement are listed here. Can we infer that
ABS is better?

Speeds 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55
ABS 3.6 4.1 4.8 5.3 5.9 6.3 6.7 7.0
Non-ABS 3.4 4.0 5.1 5.5 6.4 6.5 6.9 7.3

Question 8.

Many stores sell extended warranties for products they sell. These are very lucrative for
store owners. To learn more about who buys these warranties a random sample of a
store’s customers who recently purchased a product for which an extended warranty was
available was drawn. Among other variables each respondent reported whether they
paid the regular price or a sale price and whether they purchased an extended warranty.

Regular price Sale price

Sample size 229 178
Number who bought extended warranty 47 25

Can we conclude at the 10% significance level that those who paid the regular price are
more likely to buy an extended warranty?

Question 9.

A firm has classified its customers in two ways:

1. according to whether the account is overdue and

2. whether the account is new (less than 12 months) or old.

To acquire information about which customers are paying on time and which are
overdue, a random sample of 292 customer accounts was drawn. Each was categorized
as a new account (less than 12 months) and old, and whether the customer has paid or is
overdue. The results are summarized next.

New Account Old Account

Sample size 83 209
Overdue account 12 49
Is there enough evidence at the 5% significance level to infer that new and old accounts
are different with respect to overdue accounts?