Design of experiments

Lecture 14: Examples on Z-t-chi square

distribution
Nitin Padhiyar
IIT Gandhinagar
Example-1
The breaking strength of yarn used in manufacturing
drapery material is required to be at least 100 psi. Past
experience has indicated that breaking strength is
normally distributed and that the population standard
deviation is 2 psi. A random sample of nine specimens is
tested, and the average breaking strength is found to be
98 psi. Find a 95% two-sided confidence interval on the
true mean breaking strength.
Example-2
The brightness of a television picture tube can be
evaluated by measuring the amount of current required to
achieve a particular brightness level. A sample of 10
tubes results in the sample mean of 317.2 and the sample
standard deviation of 15.7. Find (in microamps) a 99%
confidence interval on mean current required. State any
necessary assumptions about the underlying distribution
of the data.
Example-3
An automatic filling machine is used to fill bottles with
liquid detergent. A random sample of 20 bottles results
in a sample variance of fill volume of 0.0153 (fluid
ounces)2. If the variance of fill volume is too large, an
unacceptable proportion of bottles will be under- or
overfilled. We will assume that the fill volume is
approximately normally distributed. Find a (1) 95% two
sided confidence interval on the population variance and
population standard deviation (2) 95% upper-confidence
interval on the population variance and population
standard deviation.