Assessment Task: Statistical Intervals

1. The College of Engineering of a State University gives an entrance exam to

incoming freshmen. Those who got scores equal or higher than the set passing are
accepted in the College. The average score of the incoming freshmen was 80%
before the implementation of K to 12 education system. Due to this implementation,
the entrance exam was suspended for two years and it is thought that the quality of
the first year students had diminished. However, with the vision, mission, goals and
objectives of the University and the College towards quality education, the Dean
wants to determine if the quality of freshmen students has changed. He wants to
know if it has improved or diminished so a small random sample of 15 freshmen
students and administers the same entrance exam. The average score is found to be
83% with a standard deviation of 5%. Determine whether the quality has changed
using 1% level of significance.
2. A random variable of 25 packs of powdered milk showed a mean content of 237
grams with a standard deviation of 8.56 grams while a sample of 20 packs of another
brand of powdered milk showed a mean content of 240 grams with a standard
deviation of 9.75 grams. Using a 0.05 level of significance, is there significant
difference in the mean content of the two brands of powdered milk? Assumed
variances are equal.
3. A survey from 50 stores found that the average price of a moisturizing soap is
P88.42 and the average price of whitening soap is P80.61. Assume that the standard
deviations are P5.62 and P4.83 respectively. At a=0.05, can it be concluded that
there is a significant difference in the prices?