Mathematics IV (KAS 302) Odd Semester (2022-23)

Common Practice Sheet

Module 5: (Statistical Techniques – III)

Z Test
Q 1. A company markets car tyres. Their lives are normally distributed with a mean of
40000 kms and standard deviation of 3000 kms. A change in the production process is
believed to result in a better product. A test sample of 64 new tyres has a mean life of
41200 kms. Can you conclude that there is no significant difference between the new
product & current one. (Ans: Z=3.2)
Q 2. Random sample of 400 flower stems has an average length of 10 cm. Can this we
regarded as a sample form a large population with mean of 10.2 cm & a s.d. of 2.25 cm?
(Ans: Z= -1.77)
Q 3. A sample of size 400 was drawn & the sample mean was found to be 99. Test whether
this sample could have come from a normal population with mean 100 & variance 64 at 5%
level of significance. (Ans: Z= -2.5)
Q 4. The mean of two large samples of sizes 1000 & 2000 are 67.5 & 68.0 respectively. Test
the equality of means of the two populations each with s.d. 2.5. Assumption should be
stated clearly.(Ans: Z= -5.16)
Q 5. The mean yield of wheat from a district A was 210 kgs with s.d. 10 kgs per acer from a
sample 100 plots in another district B the mean yield was 220 kgs with s.d. 12 kgs from a
sample of 150 plots. Assuming that the s.d. of the yield in the entire state was 11 kgs test
whether there is any significant difference between the mean yield of crops in the two
districts. (Ans: Z= -7.05)
Q 6. A large organization produces electric bulbs in each of its two factories. It is suspected
that the efficiency in the factories is not a like so a test is carried out by ascertaining the
variability of the life of the bulbs produced by each factory. The results are as follows:
Factory A Factory B
No. of bulbs in sample 100 200
Average life 1100 900
Standard deviation 240 220
From the above information determine whether the difference between the variability of life
of bulbs from each sample is significant take 1% level of significance (Ans: Z=0.98)
Q 7. The mean life time of sample of 100 fluorescent light tubes produced by a company is
computed to be 1570 hrs with a s.d. of 120 hrs. The company claims that the average life of
the tubes produced by the company is 1600 hrs. Using the level of significance of 0.05 is
the claim acceptable. (Ans Z= -2.5)
t Test
Q 8. A machine is designed to produce insulating washers for electrical devices of average
thickness of 0.025 cm. A random sample of 10 washers was found to have an average
thickness of 0.0.24 cm with a s.d. of 0.002 cm. test the significance of the deviation. Value
of t for 9 d.f. at 5% level is 2.262. (Ans: t= -1.5)
Q 9. A soap manufacturing company was distributing a particular brand of soap through a
large no. of retail shops. Before a heavy advertisement campaign the mean sale per week
per shop was 140 dozens. After the campaign a sample of 26 shop was taken & the mean
sales was found to be 147 dozens with s.d. 16. Can you consider the advertisement
effective? (Ans: t=2.19)
Q 10. Certain pesticide is packed into bags by a machine. A random sample of 10 bag is
drawn & their contents are found to weight (in kgs) as follows: 50,49,52,44,45,48,46,
45,49,45. Test the average packing can we taken to be 50 kgs. (Ans t=3.199)

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Q 11. 10 students are select at random from a college & their heights are found to be 100,
104, 108, 110, 118, 120, 122, 124, 126, & 128 cms in the height of these data discuss the
suggestion that the mean height of the students of the college is 110 cms.(Use 5% level of
significance. (Ans t= 1.93)
Q 12. The average number of articles produced by two machines per day is 200 & 250 with
s.d. 20 & 25 respectively. On the basis of records of 25 days production. Can you regard
both the machine equally efficient at 1% level of significance? (Ans t= -7.65)
Q 13. Ten workers of a factory are selected at random. The number of units produced by
them on a working day was as follows 71,72,73,75,76,77,78,79,79,80 . On the basis of the
given data is it reasonably correct to say that the mean number of units produced by them
is 78 ( For v = 9 ,t 0.05 = 2.262 )
Q 14. Test were made at short intervals on spark plugs of two manufactures. The following
tabulation gives the numbers of hours of service from plugs from the two sources:
Sources:
A: 200 210 190 200 190 200 180 200 200 210
B: 190 200 210 190 180 190 200 192
Do these result results indicate a statistically significant difference between spark plugs so
far as the mean length of service is concerned? (Ans t=0.923)
Q 14a. The 9 items of a sample have the following values: 45, 47, 50, 52, 48, 47, 49, 53, 51. Does the
mean of these values differ significantly from the assumed mean 47.5? Ans. tcam = 1.8327

χ2 -Test
Q 15. A sample analysis of examination results of 500 students was made. It was found
that 220 had failed, 170 had secured a third class, 90 were placed in second class and 20
got a first class . Are these figures commensurate with the general examination result which
is the ratio of 4:3:2:1 for the various categories respectively. Ans. χ 2=23.66

Q 16. 100 students of a management institute obtained the following grades in statistics
paper :Ans. χ 2=7.7
Grade A B C D E Total
Frequency 15 17 30 22 16 100
Using χ 2 test examine the hypothesis that the distribution of grades is uniform .
Q 17. The following table shows the classification of 4000 workers in a factory, according to
the disciplinary action taken by the management of the factory and their promotional
experience:.
Disciplinary Action Promotional Experience Total
promoted Not promoted
Non-offenders 300 900 1200
Offenders 100 2700 2800
Total 400 3600 4000
Use χ 2-test of find if there is any evidence to support that there was any association
between disciplinary action and the promotional experience of workers in this factory at 5 %
level of significance. Ans. χ 2= 428.57
Q 18. By using χ 2-test find out whether there is any association between income level and
type of schooling:.Ans. χ 2=253.95
Income Public school Govt. school

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 Low 200 400
High 1000 400

Q 19. The following information is obtained concerning an investigation of 50 ordinary

shops of small size : Ans. χ 2= 3.56
Organization Run by Shops located in
Urban area Rural area
Men 17 18
Women 3 12
Can it be inferred that shops run by women are relatively more in rural area than in urban
areas ? Use χ 2-test.
Q20. Examine by any suitable method, whether the nature of areas is related to voting
preference in the election of which the data are tabulated below: Ans. χ 2= 39.59
Votes for area A B Total
Rural 620 480 1100
Urban 380 520 900
Total 1000 1000 2000

F Test
Q 21. The following table gives the yields of four plots each of four varieties of rice. Find out
that the variety differences are significant or not, Given : F .05 ( v 1 = 3, v 2 = 12 ) = 5.95
:Ans. F = 1.86
Variety of rice ( yield in k.g. )
A B C D
8 10 16 14
10 11 12 10
10 8 14 12
8 11 6 16

Q 22. To test the significance of variation in the retail prices of a commodity in three
principal cities, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Delhi, four shops were chosen at random in each
city and the prices who lack confidence in their mathematical ability observed in rupees
were as follows:
Mumbai 16 8 12 14
Kolkata 14 10 10 6
Delhi 4 10 8 8
Do the data indicate that the price in the three cities is significantly difference ?
Ans. F =2.617
Q 23. A drug is said to be useful for treatment of cold. In an experiment carried out on 160
persons suffering from cold, half of the persons were treated with the drug and rest of the
half with sugar pills. The effect of treatment is described in the following table: Ans. χ 2=
2.12

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 Helped Harmful No Effect
Drug 52 10 18
Sugar Pills 44 10 26

Q 24.Find the association between sanity and deafness from the following data: Ans. – 0.6
Deaf Non –deaf Total
Sane 40 100 140
Insane 80 50 130
Total 120 150 270

Q 25. Given N = 1500, ( A ) = 383, ( B ) = 360, ( AB ) = 35. Prepare 2x2 table. Compute
Yule’s coefficient of association and interpret the result. Ans. – 0.606
Q 26. From the following statistics prepare a Nine square table, calculate the coefficient of
association between literacy and unemployment, and interpret the result : Ans. 0.36
Literate employed = 30 , Illiterate employed = 200 Illiterate unemployed = 250, Total
number of persons = 560
Q 27. From the data given below find the coefficient of association between the maturity
and the playing habit of students assuming that one’s maturity is attained at his age of 18 th
year: Ans. – 0.73
Age 20 19 18 17 16 15
No. of Students 40 50 60 75 100 125
No. of Players 6 15 24 45 75 100
Also comment on the result.
Q 28. Find Yule’s co-efficient of association between literacy and unemployment from the
following data : Ans. – 0.53
Illiterate unemployed = 220, literate employed = 20, Illiterate employed = 180, Total pass
out = 500
Q 29.A company produces two makes of bulbs A and B. 200 bulbs of each make were tested
and it was found that make A has mean life of 2560 hours and S.D. of 90 hours, whereas
make B has 2650 hours of mean life with S.D. of 75 hours. Is there a significant difference
between the mean life of the two makes? Ans.Z =- 10.86
Q 30. The mean weekly sales of soap bars in departmental stores were 146.3 bars per store.
After an advertising campaign the mean weekly sales in 22 stores for a typical week
increased to 153.7 and showed a standard deviation of 17.2. Was the advertising campaign
successful? Ans. t = 1.97

Q 31. Test the significance of the difference between the means of the sample from the
following data Ans. Z = -1.75
Sample Size Mean S .D.
A 100 50 4
B 150 51 5
Q 32. The following table gives the distribution of students and also regular players among
them according to age in complete years. Calculate the co-efficient of association between
majority and playing habit, on the assumption that majority is attained on completion of 17
years. Ans. – 0.68
Age 15 16 17 18 19 20
No. of Students 250 200 150 120 100 80

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 Regular players 200 150 90 48 30 12

Q 33. Examine by any suitable method, whether the areas type is related to voting
preference in the election with the help of data tabulated below : Ans. χ 2=90
Votes for area A B Total
Rural 600 400 1000
Urban 300 500 800
Total 900 900 1800

Control Charts
Q 35. The given table shows the value of sample means X and the range R for 10 sample of size 5
each. Draw the mean and range charts and also comment on the state of control of the process.
Sample 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
no.
X 45 46 48 52 53 37 51 46 47 38
R 4 5 6 7 4 5 7 6 6 4
(Here n=5, A2=0.58, D3=0 and D4=2.115) Ans: Process is not under statistical control

Q 36. The following figure shows the no. of defectives in 15 samples, each containing 1500 items
Sample 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
no.
X 150 175 225 180 75 125 200 325 105 120 135 100 80 90 120
Calculate the values for control line and the control lines for p chart. Also draw the p-chart and
comment on the process of control.
Ans: Graph does not represent a control.

Q 37. The following figure shows the no. of defectives in 20 samples of size 500 each from 20 lots
Sample 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
no. 1
X 2 25 3 4 15 6 1 2 35 23 1 9 21 22 32 35 38 36 45 42
0 5 5 5 5 0 2
Find out the control limits for the number of defective units and also check whether process is under
control or not..
Ans: Process is not in a statistical control.

Q 38. The number of defects observed in 10 samples of sheet of equal dimensions are given below:
Sample 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
X 2 5 3 5 4 2 3 6 7 4
Drawa control chart for the number of defects and check whether the process is under control or
not? Ans: Process is in statistical control

Q.39 An inspection of 10 samples of size 400 each from 10 lots revealed the following number of
defective units: 17, 15, 14, 26, 9, 4, 19, 12, 9, 15. Draw the np-charts and state whether the process is
under control or not. Ans. CL= 14, UCL = 25.0265, LCL = 2.9735