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Support Hypothesis Testing

While we are waiting, have a think about this scenario…..

• A manufacturing machine makes computer components.

• Historically, the lengths of the components are normally distributed with a mean of 3.2cm.
• An employee suspects the machine is faulty and plans to carries out a 10% significance test
to check whether the mean length has changed.
• She takes a random sample of size 8 from the population.
• The sample is found to have a mean of 2.39cm and a variance of 1.12cm2.
• What would be the conclusion of the test?
• A manufacturing machine makes computer components.
• Historically, the lengths of the components are normally distributed with a mean of 3.2cm.
• An employee suspects the machine is faulty and plans to carries out a 10% significance test to check whether the mean
length has changed.
• She takes a random sample of size 8 from the population.
• The sample is found to have a mean of 2.39cm and a variance of 1.12cm2.
• What would be the conclusion of the test?

What information do we have? What do we need to do?

𝜇 = 3.2 a) State the hypotheses for the test.
𝑛=8
b) Calculate the Test Statistic. (TS)
𝑥ҧ = 2.39
Variance is 1.12 c) Find the number of degrees of freedom.
d) Find the critical value. (CV)
e) Compare the TS with the CV and determine
the conclusion of the test.
• A manufacturing machine makes computer components. 𝑥ҧ −
𝜇
𝑡=𝑠
• Historically, the lengths of the components are normally distributed with a mean of 3.2cm.
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𝑛
length has changed.
• An employee suspects the machine is faulty and plans to carries out a 10% significance test to check whether the mean
What information do we have?
• She takes a random sample of size 8 from the population. 𝜇 = 3.2
𝑛=8
• The sample is found to have a mean of 2.39cm and a variance of 1.12cm2. 𝑥ҧ = 2.39
• What would be the conclusion of the test? 𝑠 2 = 1.12 ⇒ 𝑠 = 1.058
What do we need to do?
a) State the hypotheses for the test.
b) Calculate the Test Statistic. (TS)
c) Find the number of degrees of freedom.
d) Find the critical value. (CV)
e) Compare the TS with the CV and determine the
conclusion of the test.
Comparing two data sets – (difference)
A University Module leader wants to compare the performance of student
achievement on two courses. She takes the final marks from each course.
Course A: 36, 42, 42, 46, 55, 58, 63, 71, 73
Course B: 12, 27, 48, 49, 59, 62, 75, 80

Test at the 5 % level whether there is a difference in the mean scores.

Comparing two data sets (difference)
A University Module leader wants to compare the performance of student achievement on two courses.
She takes a random sample of the final marks from each course.
Course A: 36, 42, 42, 46, 55, 58, 63, 71, 73
Course B: 12, 27, 48, 49, 59, 62, 75, 80

Test at the 5 % level whether there is a difference in the scores

Comparing two data sets – (more/less than)
A University Module leader wants to compare the performance of student
achievement on two courses. She takes a random sample of the final marks from each
course.
Course A: 36, 42, 42, 46, 55, 58, 63, 71, 73
Course B: 12, 27, 48, 49, 59, 62, 75, 80

Test at the 5 % level whether the mean score for course A is greater than course B
Comparing two data sets – (more/less than)
A University Module leader wants to compare the performance of student achievement on two courses. She takes
a random sample of the final marks from each course.
Course A: 36, 42, 42, 46, 55, 58, 63, 71, 73
Course B: 12, 27, 48, 49, 59, 62, 75, 80

Test at the 5 % level whether the mean score for course A is greater than course B