Sample Final Sem 1 06/07 Answer All Questions

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From previous record, 15% of all computers supplied by Compter to all government agency were defective. 100 computers are selected at random. What is the probability that the sample proportion of defective computers is between 11% and 17%. [5 marks] The weights of all balls used for State Cup 2005, X1 , are normally distributed with mean 435 grams and standard deviation 15 grams. The weights of all balls used for Universe Cup 2006, X2 , are also normally distributed with mean 440 grams and standard deviation 10 grams. A random sample of size 40 is taken from each population. What is the probability that the dierence between these two sample means are less than 10 grams [5 marks] The calcium content in a wholemeal bread is normally distributed, and the variance calcium content is thought to be 2 = 14.5 mg2 . A random sample of n = 20 wholemeal breads is selected. The sample standard deviation of the calcium content is s = 5.2 mg. Test, at = 0.05 signicance level, whether the true variance of calcium content is 14.5 mg2 . [5 marks] 11 pieces of int were collected from two areas, A and B, and ordered according to the level of hardness measured by the total degree of damage when two pieces are rubbed against each other (the lesser the degree of damage is, the harder will the int be). The ordered data are as follows: Origin of int A A B B B B A A B A Degree of damage (%) 2.0 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.7 4.1 443.6 5.2 5.4

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Assume that the two samples are independent. Can we conclude that the hardness of int from areas A and B are identical at 0.05 signicance level? Hint: Reject H0 if T < 19 or T > 36. [5 marks] 5. Two judges ranked the 10 participants in a recent international Robotics Competition as follows: Participants Judge 1 Judge 2 A 4 3 B 1 2 C 3 4 D 2 1 E 5 5 F 8 7 G H I J 9 6 10 7 69 9 10 8

a. Compute the Spearmans rank correlation coecient for the above data. Comment your result. [4 marks] b. Why is the Spearmans rank correlation coecient more suitable than Pearsons product moment correlation coecient when measuring the strength of correlation for the above data? [1 mark]

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A strength testing station receives beltings from Supplier A and B. Supplier A claims that the quality of his conveyer belting is at least equal to that of Supplier B. A random sample of 100 conveyer beltings from each supplier was taken. It was found that two conveyer beltings from Supplier A and one conveyer belting from Supplier B failed the strength test. Do the data provide sucient evidence to disbelieve Supplier As claim at = 0.01 signicance level? [7 marks] A researcher took two samples, each of 250 students, from engineering and science faculties to investigate whether or not the preference of students from these two faculties are similar with regard to three dierent games. The collected data are summarised in the following contingency table: Students Engineering Science Football Games Rugby Table tennis 150 50 50 250 100 50 100 250

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Using the 2.5% signicance level, help the researcher to test the null hypothesis that the proportion of students preferring football, rugby and table tennis is similar for the two faculties. [8 marks] 3

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A research is carried out to improve the design of the sitting position of the production operators. The functional arm reach of production operators is a necessary measurement in the design. In a pilot study, a researcher made this measurement on two random samples of 8 operators each. The results, in mm, were as follows: Sample A Sample B 705 695 673 703 687 686 6625 700 655 645 663 655 703 715 650 665

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2 2 a. show that, at = 0.10 signicance level, the hypothesis on A = B should not be rejected. [6 marks]

b. and using the result in part (a) above, test at = 0.05 signicance level whether there exists a signicant dierence between the two functional arm reach of the operators. [6 marks]

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a. A random sample of 10 metal rods is taken from machine A. The sample mean diameter is 1.005 cm and the standard deviation is 0.03 cm. Assume the diameters of the rods are normally distributed. Construct a 99% condence interval for the true mean diameter of the metal rods. [5 marks] b. Another random sample of 13 metal rods is taken from machine B. The sample standard deviation of the diameter is 0.04 cm. Construct a 98% condence interval for the ratio of the true standard deviations of the diameter of the rods produced by machine A and machine B. [8 marks]

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A manager wants to investigate the eects of three dierent training approaches on the tness of his players. The following data show the time (in minutes) set by his players for 4 km running test after the training camp using three dierent approaches. Training approaches First method Second method Third method 12.3 11.9 10.7 11.7 12.5 11.1 12.7 11.5 10.6 11.4 11.8 12.0 12.5 11.9 11.0 12.6 11.7 12.2 12.2 11.5 10.9 4

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a. Perform a one way analysis of variance at = 0.05 signicance level to test whether the dierent training approaches give the same eect on the playerss tness. [11 marks] b. State the appropriate model and necessary assumption for using the above statistical technique. [2 marks]

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A study on the amount of rainfall and the quantity of removed air-pollution-caused particles produces the following data: Daily Rainfall, x (0.01 cm) 4.3 4.5 5.9 5.6 6.1 5.2 3.8 2.1 7.5 5.5 4.8 5.4 Removed Particles, y (meg/cum) 126 121 116 118 114 118 132 141 108 105 112 102

Given Sxx = 19.6692, Syy = 1378.2500, and Sxy = 133.3250. a. Estimate the regression line to predict the amount of removed particles from the amount of daily rainfall. [2 marks] b. Estimate the amount of removed particles when the daily rainfall is 4.8 units. [1 mark] c. Determine if daily rainfall inuences the amount of removed particles in a linear relationship. Test at = 0.05. [5 marks] d. Find the Pearson product moment correlation coecient for the data set. Comment your result. [2 marks]

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a. In an investigation to determine whether heavy trac occurring at a particular segment of highway was random or not, the following data were gathered for 18 days: + + + ++ + + + + + + + where + indicates that the heavy trac for that day is above average and - indicates that the heavy trac for that day is below average. Is the heavy trac a random event at signicance level = 0.05? [6 marks] b. The following data give the average ight delay per route (in minutes) for ten routes before and after deregulation. Before 10 After 13 11 12 3 8 5 9 1 8 2 4 11 6 5 14 17 6 18 3

Use Wilcoxon signed-rank test, to investigate if there is any dierence in ight delay after deregulation at = 0.05. [6 marks]