ENGINEERING STATISTICS EQT 271 SEM2 2012/2013

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Exercise
A psycohologist claims that the mean age at which children start walking is 12.5 months. Carol
wanted to check if this claim is true. She took a random sample of 18 children and found that
the mean age at which these children started walking was 12.9 months with a standard deviation
of 0.80 month. Using 1% significance level, can you conclude that the mean age at which all
children start walking is different from 12.5 months?
Answer: t 2.121,fail to reject
A peony plant with red petals was crossed with another plant having streaky petals. A geneticist
states that 75% of the offspring resulting from this cross will have red flowers. To test this
claim, 100 seeds from this cross were collected and germinated and 58 had red petals.
a) Construct a 95% confidence interval for the offspring resulting the cross will have red
flowers.
b) What hypothesis should you use to test the geneticist`s claim at 5% significance level?

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The following data were obtained from a survey of the number of years people smoked and the
percentage of lung damage they sustained.
Years, X
20 14 31 36 9 41 19
Damage, Y
20 14 54 63 17 71 23
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Determine the regression line equation.

Predict the percentage of lung damage for a person who has smoked for 30 years.
Test the hypothesis if there is significant correlation between number of years people
smoked and the percentage of lung damage at 0.05.
Find the coefficient of determination and explain it.

The following table gives information on ages and cholesterol levels for a random sample of 10
men.
Age
58
Cholestrol 189
level
i.

69
235

43
193

39
177

64
154

52
191

47
213

31
165

74
198

36
181

Find the regression model.

Answer: Y 156.3302 0.6498 X

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Find the determination. Explain

iii.

Find the correlation. Explain.

iv.

Answer: 0.41
Test at 5% significance level whether there is relationship between two variables.
Answer: Do not reject

Answer: 0.17

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Consider the following partially completed two-way ANOVA table. Suppose there are four
levels of Factor A and three levels of Factor B. The number of replications per cell is 5.
Complete the table and test to determine if there is a significant difference in Factor A, Factor
B, or interaction. Use the 0.05 significance level. (Hint: Complete the ANOVA table first)

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Source
Factor A
Factor B
Interaction
Error
Total
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Sum of Squares
75
25
300
600

df

Mean Square

See the following ANOVA table.

Source of
variation
Factor A
Factor B
Interaction
Error
Total

Sum
Squares
6.41
5.01
33.15
14.83
59.41

of df
3
2
6
24
35

Mean Square

p-value

2.137
2.507
5.525
0.618

3.46
4.06
8.94

0.0322
0.0304
0.0000

Is there a significant difference among the Factor A, Factor B and interaction at 0.05
significance level?
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Given the Excel output as below.

Source

Sum of Squares

DF

24.27

Blocks

119.7

29.93

Error

36.7

3.06

Total

229.2

19

Treatments

Mean Square

F
C
D

a) Find the values of A,B,C and D.

Answer: A = 72.8, B = 12, C = 7.93, D = 9.78
b) Conduct a test of hypothesis to determine whether the block and treatment mean are differ.
Using 0.05 significance level.
Treatments:Reject H0 .Conclude that the mean is different.
Answer:
Blocks:Reject H0 .Conclude that the mean is different.
8.

Each of six similar stores was randomly assigned a machine and location combination. The
data below is number of paper sold over four days.
Position/Machine J-1000
D-320
UV-57
Inside

33, 40, 30, 31

29, 28, 33, 33

47, 39, 39, 45

Outside

43, 36, 41, 40

48, 45, 40, 44

37, 32, 36, 35

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Use 0.05 significance level to test for position, machine and interaction effects on
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The duration of Alzheimers disease from the onset of symptoms until death ranges from 3 to
20 years; the average is 8 years with a standard deviation of 4 years. The administrator of a large
medical records of 30 deceased Alzheimer`s patients from the medical center`s database and
records the average duration. Find the probability the mean duration is less than 7 years.
Answer: 0.0853

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In a study of annual family expenditures for general health care, two populations were surveyed with the
following results:
Population 1: n1 = 40,
Population 2: n2 = 35,
x1 = $346
x2 = $300
If the variances of the populations are
1 = 2800 and 2 = 3250, what is the probability that the means of the two populations are

differ?
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Answer: P(Z 3.6)

A Taxi company purchased two brands of tires, brand A and brand B. It is known that the mean
distance travelled before the tires wear out is 36300km for brand A with standard deviation
200km while the mean distance travelled before the tires wear out is 36100km for brand B with
standard deviation of 300km. A random sample of 36 tires of brand A and brand B are taken.
What is probability that the difference between the mean distance travelled before the tires of
brand A and brand B wear out is at most 300km?
Answer: 0.9671
The manager of a restaurant has determined that the proportion of customers that drink
tea is 14%. What is the probability that in the next 100 customers at least 10% will be tea drink
ers?
Answer: 0.875
A factory worker (Worker 1) has a productivity that is normally distributed, producing an
average of 75 units per day, with a standard deviation of 20. Another worker (Worker 2) also
has a normally distributed productivity, with a mean of 65 units per day and a standard
deviation of 21. What is the probability of mean worker 1 will produce greater than worker 2?
Answer: 0.78

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