Acivity 1-Advanced Statistics

The ski coach claims that the she could train beginning skiers for 3 weeks so that at the end of the
program they will finish a certain downhill course in less than 15 minutes. It was found that, when a
random sample of ten skiers given the training, their mean time was 14.1 minutes with standard
deviation of 1.4 minutes. On the basis of the evidence, is the true mean time significantly less than 15
minutes? Use α = 0.025

From his long-standing experience, a farmer believes that the mean yield of grain per plot in his farm is
160 bushels. When a new seed introduced on the market was tried on sixteen randomly selected
experimental plots, the mean yield was 168 bushels and standard deviation of 22. Is the new seed
significantly better? Use α = 0.05

The label on a can of pineapple slices states that the mean carbohydrate content per serving canned
pineapple is over 55 grams. It may be assumed that the standard deviation of the carbohydrates content
is 4 grams. A random sample of twenty-five servings has a mean carbohydrates content of 57.3 grams. Is
the company correct in its claims? Use α = 0.05

The breaking strength of cables produced by a manufacturer have a mean of 1800 lbs. By a new
technique in the manufacturing process it is claimed that the breaking strength can be increased. A
random sample of 40 cables is tested and the data is shown below. Can we support the claim at the 0.01
level of significance?

The mayor wants to know whether mean apartment rents in the town really are now higher than last
year’s P6500 per month. A random sample of 50 of the town’s 450 apartments is to be taken the derived
significance level is 0.01. The sample shows current mean rents of P6750 per month it is assumed that
current population standard deviation equals P20. 00.

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