UECM1693/UECM2623/UCCM2623 Tutorial S5: Simple Linear Models

1. The following table gives information on the incomes (in thousands of RM) and charitable
contributions (in hundreds of RM) for a random sample of 10 households.
Income
Contributions

33 23 82 47 26 71 28 39 58 17
10 4 29 23 3 28 8 16 18 1

(a) Taking income as an independent variable and charitable contributions as a dependent

variable, compute SXX , SY Y and SXY .
(b) Calculate r and r2 and explain what they mean.
(c) Find the regression of charitable contributions on income.
(d) Interpret the meaning of the values of a and b calculated in part (c).
(e) Plot the scatter diagram and the regression line
Answer: (a) 1920, 4248.4, 964 (b) 0.9487, 0.9 (c) y = 5.161 + 0.4519x
2. The following ANOVA table, based on information obtained for three samples selected from
three independents populations that are normally distributed with equal variances, has a few
missing values.
Source of
Sum of
Variation
Squares
Treatments
Error
89.3677
Total

Degrees of
Freedom
2

Mean Square

Value of the
Test Statistics

19.2813

12

(a) Find the missing values and complete the ANOVA table.
(b) At the 1% significance level, what is your conclusion for the test with the null hypothesis
that the means of the three populations are all equal?
Answer: (a) 2.16
3. A company produces 20-amp fuses used to protect car radios from too much electrical power.
Each day 400 fuses are randomly selected and tested; the results (number of defective items) for
20 consecutive days are given below. The data are listed in order by row.
10 8 7 6 6 9 12 5 4 7
9 6 11 4 6 5 10 5 9 11
Construct a p-chart in this case, is the process in statistical control?
Answer: 0.01875, 0.0391, 0, 0.01875

4. A series of quality control checks of the epoxy cement hardener in containers, 5 containers of
hardener being measured at hourly intervals for 20 consecutive hours of operation.
Sample
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

Amount (oz)
4.95 5.01 5.00
4.90 4.96 4.89
5.04 5.01 5.05
4.89 4.96 5.00
5.04 4.90 5.02
5.00 5.03 4.97
4.99 5.01 5.10
4.95 5.02 4.92
5.01 5.05 5.07
4.96 5.01 5.03
5.06 5.07 5.05
5.13 4.94 4.97
5.01 5.02 5.12
4.96 4.95 4.98
5.04 5.02 5.05
5.04 4.98 5.06
5.00 5.03 4.97
5.02 4.97 4.90
4.95 5.06 5.13
4.81 4.86 4.85

4.95
5.00
5.04
5.03
5.04
5.04
5.06
5.01
5.06
4.94
5.01
5.05
4.97
4.96
5.01
4.94
4.96
4.98
4.88
4.85

4.87
5.00
5.08
5.03
5.04
4.87
5.00
4.99
4.95
4.98
5.04
4.98
5.03
4.86
5.05
4.98
5.00
5.07
5.03
4.93

Mean
4.956
4.950
5.044
4.982
5.008
4.982
5.032
4.978
5.028
4.984
5.046
5.014
5.030
4.942
5.034
5.000
4.992
4.988
5.010
4.860

Range
0.14
0.11
0.07
0.14
0.14
0.17
0.11
0.10
0.12
0.09
0.06
0.19
0.15
0.12
0.04
0.12
0.07
0.17
0.25
0.12

(a) Construct an R-chart and determine whether the process variation is within statistical
control.
(b) Construct an X-chart and determine whether the process mean is within statistical control.
Answer: 0, 0.124, 0.2621, 4.9326, 4.9993, 5.0645
5. A system consists of six components, as indicated in the figure. Find the overall reliability of the
system if the individual reliability is A = 0.98, B1 = 0.9, B2 = 0.8, B3 = 0.7, C1 = 0.9, C2 = 0.6.
Answer: 0.9352