Department of Mathematics

MAL 108 (Introduction to Statistics)

Tutorial Sheet No. 6 (Confidence Interval & Hypothesis Testing)

1. Four determinants of the pH of a certain solution were 7.90, 7.94, 7.91, 7.93. If µ is the “true”
mean of the pH of the solution and assuming normality of determination of pH of the solution, find
99 percent confidence limits of µ.

2. Suppose that the variance of the speeds with which men and women can perform a certain task
are respectively σ1 = 12 seconds and σ2 = 15 seconds. If 20 men and 25 women required on the
average 29.4 seconds and 32.5 seconds to perform the given task, obtain a 0.95 confidence interval
for the difference between the true average times it takes men and women to perform the task.

3. A retailer buys garments of the same style from two manufacturers and suspects that the variation
in the masses of the garments produced by the two makers is different. A sample of size 20
was therefore chosen from a batch of garments produced by the first manufacturer and weighed.
The resulting sample variance was s21 = 25.0(grams)2 . A sample of size 25 was chosen from
a consignment sent by the second manufacturer, the sample variance being s22 = 14.1(grams)2 .
Compute the 95% confidence interval for the ratio of the variances.

4. Let s1 = 3.07 and s2 = 0.80 be the standard deviations of independent sample of size n1 = 16 and
n2 = 11 respectively. Assume that two populations are approximately normal with variances σ12
and σ22 respectively. Find 95% confidence interval for σ1 /σ2 .

5. It is desired to test the hypothesis µ = 0 against the alternative µ > 0 on the basis of a random
sample of size 9 from a normal population with variance σ 2 = 1. Show that X > 0.78 is the critical
region of size α = 0.01.

6. Students at IIT Delhi took the CAT examination last year. 456 IIT Delhi students had an average
score of 60 with a standard deviation of 5.6. The national average is 56.5. Test the claim of an
administrator that IIT Delhi students scored significantly higher than the national average. Test
at the 0.05 significance level.

7. A producer claims that the diameters of pins he manufactures have a standard deviation of 0.05
inch. A sample of 9 pins had a standard deviation of 0.07 inch. Is this sample value significantly
larger than the claimed value of σ at the 5% level of significance?

8. Ten determinations of percentage of water in a certain solutions yielded x = 0.45% and s = 0.03%,
if µ is the “true” percentage of water in the solution and σ it’s s.d., test at the 5% level

(a) H0 : µ = .5% against the alternative H1 : µ = µ1 < .5%

(b) H0′ : σ = .04% against the alternatives H1′ : σ < .04%

9. If 26 of 200 tires of Brand A failed to last 20,000 miles, while the corresponding figures for 200
tires each of Brand B, C and D were 23, 15 and 32, use the level of significance α = 0.05 to test
the null hypothesis that there is no difference in the quality of the four kinds of tires? Test at the
0.05 significance level.

10. It is desired to determine whether there is less variability in the marks of Probability and Statistics
course by IITD than in that by IITB. If independent random samples of size 10 of the two IIT’s
yield s1 = 0.025 and s2 = 0.045, test the hypothesis at the 0.05 level of significance.

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11. Random samples of the height of adult living in two different countries produced the following
results(in inches): n1 = 180, X1 = 68.7, s1 = 2.1; n2 = 150, X2 = 67.1, s2 = 2.9. Test at a level of
significance of 0.01 whether the difference between the two sample means is significant.
12. Elongation measurements are made on 10 pieces on steel, 5 of which are treated with method A
(alluminium only) and the remaining 5 are method B (alluminium plus calcium). The results are
as shown as under
Method A p.c. 28 29 25 23 30
Method B p.c. 34 27 30 26 23
2 = σ 2 and (ii) µ − µ = 10 % at 5 % level of significance by
Test the hypothesis that (i)σA B B A
choosing approximate alternatives.
13. Suppose the weekly number of accidents over a 30-week period in Delhi roads is as follows:
8 0 0 1 3 4 0 2 12 5
1 8 0 2 0 1 9 3 4 5
3 3 4 7 4 0 1 2 1 2
Test the hypothesis that the number of accidents in a week has a Poisson distribution. Assume
α = 0.05.
14. Of 64 off-springs of a certain cross between guinea pigs, 34 were red, 10 were black, 20 were white.
According to the genetic model these numbers should be in the ratio 9:3:4. Are the data consistent
with the model at 5 % level of significance.
15. A nutritionist claims that at most 75% of preschool children h ave protein deficient diets. What can
we conclude about this claim at 1 % level of significance, if 246 of 300 preschool children selected
at random were found to have protein deficient diets?
16. A study showed that 84 of 200 persons who saw a deodorant advertisement during the telecast
of a cricket match and 96 of 200 persons who saw it advertised on a variety show, remembered
two hours later the name of deodorant. Test at 5% level of significance that there is no difference
between the corresponding true proportions.
17. Can it be concluded from the following sample data that the proportion of employees favoring a
new pension plan is not the same for three different government agencies. Use α = .05
Agency I Agency II Agency III
For the pension plan 67 84 109
Against the pension plan 33 66 41

18. Suppose that a public opinion poll is surveyed with random sample of 1000 voters for 15th Lok Sabha
Election 2009. Respondents were classified by gender (male or female) and by voting preference
(Congress, BJP or CPI-M). Results are shown in the contingency table below.
Congress BJP CPI-M
Male 200 150 50
Female 250 300 50
Can it be concluded from the above sample data that there is no relationship between gender and
voting preference. Use a 0.05 level of significance level.

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19. A vote is to be taken among the students of MAL 250 course in two sections to determine whether
a quiz should be conducted. To determine if there is a significant difference in the proportion of two
section voters favouring the proposal, a poll is taken. If 24 out of 40 students in section I favour the
proposal and 24 out of 50 students in section II favour it, would you agree that the proportion of
section I student voters favouring the proposal is higher than the proportion of section II student
voters? Use an α = 0.05 level of significance.

Table Values
P( Z is a standard normal distribution ≥ Zα ) = α
P( χ2 r.v. with n degrees of freedom ≥ χ2n,α ) = α
P( t r.v. with n degrees of freedom ≥ tn,α ) = α
P( F r.v. with n1 and n2 degrees of freedom ≥ Fn1 ,n2 ,α ) = α
Z0.025 = 1.96; Z0.05 = 1.645; Z0.0764 = 1.43; Z0.01 = 2.33; Z0.035 = 1.81
χ29,0.05 = 16.917; χ26,0.05 = 12.6; χ25,0.05 = 11.1; χ24,0.05 = 9.48; χ23,0.05 = 7.81; χ22,0.05 = 5.99; χ29,0.95 = 3.334
t8,0.025 = 2.31; t9,0.025 = 2.26; t10,0.025 = 2.22
F9,11,0.025 = 0.1539; F10,15,0.025 = 3.5217; F15,10,0.025 = 3.0602
Note: If above table values are not matched, please leave the answer without numerical.