SIGNIFICANCE TESTS, EXAMPLE 3:

A manufacturer thinks that ingots of a certain alloy contain an optimum 8% Mn with a

standard deviation of 0.32%. To check whether or not production is under control,
namely to check whether or not the true Mn content is 8%, the manufacturer selects a
random sample of 25 ingots. The mean content for the sample is 8.112%. If Mn <8%,
the manufacturer is penalized by the customer. If Mn > 8%, the manufacturers
operating costs increase. At the 95% confidence level, test the null hypothesis that
Ho: =8.

SIGNIFICANCE TESTS, EXAMPLE 4:

A process yields a certain chemical of 90% purity. We can make some modifications
that we know can either increase the purity of the product or cause no change at all.
Once the modifications are made, we measure the average daily purity over 10
consecutive days. The results are as follows:
Purity(%): 89.0, 94.9, 94.5, 89.1, 97.2, 90.4, 86.8, 96.6, 87.8, 94.9
Assume that the data are normally distributed with a standard deviation of 3.5%. Can
we say that the purity has been increased at the 95% confidence level?