Practice problems: Testing of hypothesis

Q 1 It is observed that normally average attendance in MMM class is 70 and standard deviation
of attendance is 10. The average attendance in 40 sampled online lectures was 85. Can it be
concluded that average attendance in online lectures is more than normal at 5% level of
significance?

Q 2 The average commission charged by full-service brokerage firms on a sale of common

stocks is Rs 520. The standard deviation of commission charged is Rs100. Abhijit Sharma has
taken a random sample of 121 trades by his clients and determined that they paid on an average a
commission of Rs. 600. Can Abhijit conclude that his client's commissions are higher than the
industry average at 0.10 significance level?

Q 3 A machine is designed to produce insulating washers for electrical device of average

thickness of 0.025 cm. A random sample of 20 washers was found to have an average thickness
of 0.024 cm with a s.d. of 0.002 cm. Does the sample indicate desired thickness of washer at. α =
5%?

Q 4 The manufacturer of a certain make of electric components claims that the components have
mean life more than 20 months. A random sample of 10 such components gave the following
life times (in months) : 24 26 30 20 19 18 26 22 18 29. Can you regard the
producer’s claim to be valid at 1% level of significance?

Q 5 You are working as a purchase manager for a company. The following information has been
supplied to you by two manufacturers of electric bulbs.

Company A Company B

Population S.D. of life (in hours) 82 93

Sample size 100 120

Sample mean life (in hours) 1300 1248

Would you purchase bulbs from company A on the basis of statistical evidence at 5% level of
significance?

Q 6. The average articles produced by two machines A and B per day on the basis of records of
65 days production are 200 and 250 respectively. It is known that s.d.s of articles produced by
two machines A and B are 20 and 25 respectively Can you regard Machine B to be more
efficient than A at 1% level of significance?
Q 7 The mean yield of wheat from a district A was 210 kgs. with standard deviation 11 kg. per
acre from a sample of 10 plots. In another district B, the mean yield was 220 kgs. with standard
deviation 11 kgs. from a sample of 15 plots. Test whether there is any significant difference
between the mean yield of wheat in the two districts. Use α = 5%.

Q 8 Salesman X claims that he makes larger sales than salesman Y. The following information
was obtained after examining the accounts the two salesmen.
X Y
Number of months 10 17
Average sales Rs.6200 Rs.5600
Standard deviation of sales Rs.690 Rs. 600

Is salesman X’s claim true at 5% level of significance?

Q 9 The yields (in kgs. per plot) of jute from 9 plots in subdivision A and 7 plots in subdivision
B are given below.

Subdivision A : 57 81 71 85 86 37 72 51 63
Subdivision B : 55 56 54 45 72 80 60

Test at 5% level of significance whether the two subdivisions have same mean yield per plot.

Q 10 Ten computer dealers in different areas of the city were asked the prices of laser jet printers
(in thousands of Rs.) of two companies A and B. The prices recorded are given below.
Dealer Company A Company B
1 17 20
2 18 19
3 16 17
4 18.5 18
5 17.8 18.5
6 16.9 17.2
7 17.6 19
8 16.6 17.5
9 20 21
10 18.6 19.3
Is it reasonable to conclude that on an average the printer of company A is cheaper than that
of Company B? Given α = 1%

Q 11 Performance test was administered to five persons before and after they are trained. The
results are given below.
Candidate 1 2 3 4 5
Score Before training 110 120 123 132 125
Score After training 120 118 125 136 121
Test whether the training is effective. Use 5% of level of significance.
Q 12 A health club advertised a weight reducing program and claimed that on the average
participant in the program loses weight during 6 months. To test the claim the weights (in
pounds) before and after the program for 10 selected participants as follows:
Participant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
number
Weight 120 125 115 130 123 119 122 127 128 118
(before)
Weight 111 114 107 120 115 112 112 120 119 112
(after)

Do the above data support the claim at 1% level of significance?

Q 13. A sample of 320 units manufactured are classified according to the quality and the
production shift and is given below,
Quality
Good Bad
Day shift 150 20
Night shift 105 45
Test whether quality depends on shift using 1% level of significance.

Q 14 100 students were randomly selected from the students enrolled for MBA programme.
They were classified by age and grade points as given below:
Age (in years)
Grade point 25 and under 26 – 28 Over 28
Up to 3 6 9 5
3.1 to 3.5 18 14 8
3.6 to 4 11 12 17
Can you conclude that grade point is independent of age at 5% level of significance?

Q 15 A manufacturing company has purchased 3 new machines of different makes and wishes to
determine whether one of them is faster than the others in producing a certain output. Five hourly
production figures are observed at random from each machine and are given below.
Machines
A1 A2 A3
25 31 24
30 39 30
Observations 36 38 28
38 42 25
31 35 28
Test whether the machines are significantly different in their mean speeds. Use α = 5%
Q 16. The following data represent the number of units of a commodity produced by three
different workers :
A : 62 64 70 50 60
Workers B : 56 72 56 65 70
C : 62 56 55 48 60 50 66
Test whether the three workers differ with respect to mean productivity at α = 5%.

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