HOMEWORK_12

1. Make the following tests of hypotheses.

a) ; ; ; ; ;

b) ; ; ; ; ;

2. A survey showed that people with a bachelor’s degree earned average of $2116 a year in 2001. A
sample of 900 persons with a bachelor’s degree taken recently by a researcher showed that the persons in
this sample earned on average of $2345 a year with a standard deviation of $210. Test at 5% significance
level whether people with a bachelor’s degree currently earn an average of $2116 against the alternative
that it is more than $2116 in a year.
3. The manufacturer of a certain brand of auto batteries claims that the mean life of these batteries is 45
month. A consumer protection agency that wants to check this claim took a random sample of 36 such
batteries and found the mean life for this sample is 43.75 month with a standard deviation of 4 month.
Using the 2.5% significance level, test the manufacturer claim against the alternative that the mean life of
batteries is less than 45 month.
4. A random sample of 100 observations from a population with standard deviation 60 yielded a sample
mean of 110.

a) Test the null hypothesis that against the alternative hypothesis that using .
Interpret the results of the test.

b) Test the null hypothesis that against the alternative hypothesis that using .
Interpret the results of the test.
c) Compare the results of the two tests you conducted. Explain why the results differ.
5. In a random sample of 250 observations, the mean and standard deviation are found to be 169.8 and
31.6, respectively. Is the claim that larger than 169 substantiated by these data at the 10% level of
significance?
6. Find the p-value for each of the following hypothesis tests

a) ; ; ; ; ;

b) ; ; ; ;

7. Consider versus for a population that is normally distributed.

a) A random sample of 16 observations taken from this population produced a sample mean of 45 and a
standard deviation of 5. Using , would you reject the null hypothesis?
b) Another random sample of 16 observations taken from the same population produced a sample mean of
41.9 and a standard deviation of 7. Using , would you reject the null hypothesis?

Comment on the result of parts a) and b).

8. A business school claims that students who complete a three month course of typing course can type on
average, at least 1200 words an hour.
A random sample of 25 students who completed this course typed, on average, 1130 words an hour with a
standard deviation of 85 words. Assume that the typing speeds for all students who complete this course
have an approximate normal distribution.
Using the 5% significance level, can you conclude that the claim of the business school is true?
9. The supplier of home heating furnaces of a new model claims that the average efficiency of the new
model is at most 60. Before buying these heating furnaces, a distributor wants to verify the supplier’s
claim is valid. To this end, the distributor chooses a random sample of 6 heating furnaces of a new model
and measures their efficiency. The data are
71; 59; 65; 66; 64; 65

Determine the rejection region of the test with . Apply the test and state your conclusion.

10. A manufacturer of a light bulbs claims that the mean life of these bulbs is at least 2500 hours. A
consumer agency wanted to check whether or not this claim is true. The agency took a random sample of
36 such bulbs and tested them. The mean life for the sample was found to be 2447 hours with a standard
deviation of 180 hours.

Do you think that the sample information supports the company’s claim? Use .