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    Unit 9 Hypothesis Testing of a Single Population Mean and Proportion ‘What this unit is all about This unit contains exercises and solutions based on Unit 9 of the Business Statistics Module (STAT102). The unit covers methods of testing a claim or assertion about a population mean or proportion 9.1 Worksheet 9: Exercises Q1. Ina personnel management meeting, the average time taken by the workers to reach the factory every morning was said to be 41.3 minutes. Can this figure be substantiated by the result of a survey on 60 workers of that factory who took an average of 39.7 minutes to get to work, with a standard deviation of 8.2 minutes? Use a = 0.01. Q2. A manufacturer guarantees that a certain ball bearing has a mean outside di- ameter of 2.1654 centimetres with a standard deviation of 0.0008 centimetres. Suppose a random sample of nine bearings from a large lot of these bearings has a mean outside diameter of 2.1664 centimetres. Test at the 1% level of signifi- cance whether this lot meets the manufacturer's guarantee on the mean outside diameter. Q3. A local television advertises that at least 50% of the viewing audience tune in to its six o'clock new programme. A’company is considering advertising in this time slot and wants to test the validity of this claim. The company plans a telephone survey of 400 television viewers to test the station’s claim, If 176 persons in the survey watch the station’s programme, should the company accept the station’s claim? Test at the 0.05 level of significance. Q4. Ndapasuwa company manufactures steel bars. The bars are normally distributed with a standard deviation of 0.0610 metres. ‘The production process turns out steel bars with an average length of at least 0.8534 metres when the process is working properly. A sample of 25 bars is selected from the production line and an average length of 0.7407 metres was obtained. The company wishes to determine whether the machine needs ariy adjustment. If the company wishes to test the hypothesis at the 0.05 level of significance, what decision would it make? 83 84 Qs. Q6. 7. Qu. Hypothesis 1g of a Single Population Mean and Pr A census done by the Ministry of Primary Education in a certain couutyy in the rural areas revealed that on’ average there are 55 children per primary school teacher. However, a study carried out by the teachers trade union in 26 rural schools shows a mean of 58 children per teacher, with a standard deviation of 4 ‘Test at the 0.05 level of significance wheth the number of children per primary school teacher has increased. Ata certa filled in 9.5 days. A random sumple from a company’s very extensive files shows that eight orders for the same piece of machinery were filed iu 12. 10.17. 14. 13, 18, 11 and 9 days. Test the hypothesis that the order is now taking long to be filled at the 0.01 level of significance. ompany, on the average. orders of a certain piece of machinery are An electricity company estimates that 60% of its customers pay their electricity bills within 15 days of delivery. A random sample of 400 Dills indicated that 180 were paid within 15 days of delivery. At the 0.10 level of significance, is there evidence that. the company’s estimate is incorrect? Worksheet 9: Solutions Hy: p= 41.3 Myip# als Since 0? is unknown and 1 is large, we use the z-distribution, This is a two-tailed test. a = 0.01 thus, $ = 0.005, Zs = Zooos = 2.5758. Reject Ho if Zeale is less than -2.5758 or greater than 2.5758. n= 60, F=39.7, s=8.2and p= 413 Zeate = vo 16 1058615448 = ~1511408135 = -1514 Since’ Zeqte, that is -1.5114 is not contained in the rejection region, we do not reject Hp and conclude that the mean is 41.3. Hypothesis Testing of a Single Population Mean and Proportion 85 Q2. Qs. Hy: = 2.1654 Hy: # 2.1654 Since 0? is known, we use the z-distribution. The test is two-tailed. a = 0.01 thus, $ = 0.005, Zq = Zo.o0s = 2.5758, Reject Ho if Zeate is less than -2.5758 or greater than 2.5758. n=9, 7 = 2.1664, 0 = 1654 .0008 and j. Zeate = va 2.1664 ~ 2.1654 Since 3.75 is contained in the rejection region, we reject Ho and conclude that the lot does not meet the manufacturer’s guarantee on the mean outside diameter Ho:p 205 Hyp < 05 ‘This is a one-tailed test. « = 0.05 thus , Zq = Zoos = 1.6449. Reject Ho if Zeat is less than -1.6449, 400, p = HS = 0.44, po = 0.5 and qy = 0.5 Zete = 28 ~ 70.000625 ae 1.025 = -24 Since - 1 is contained in the rejection region, we reject: Hy and conclude that the claim is false Hypothesis Testing of a Single Population Mean and Propertion Qa. Ho : p> 0.8534 Hy ip < 0.8534 Since o2 is known, we use the z-distribution, The test is one-tailed, cr = 0.05 thus, Za = Zoos = 1.6449. Reject Ho if Zente is less than -1.6449. 0.061, 2 = 25 F = 0.7407 and p= 0.8534 Zeate 0.7407 ~ 0.8534 _ 20.1127 ~ 0.0122 = —9.237704918 we -9.2377 Since -9.2377 is contained in the rejection region, we reject Hy and conclude that the machine needs adjustment Qs. Hy: p= 55 Hy i> 55 Since a2 is unknown and n is small, we use the ¢-distribution. The test is one-tailed . a = 0.05, thus, ta(n —1) = toos(25) = 1.71. Reject Ho if Teate is greater than 1.71 26, F = 58, s = 4and p= 55 Teate O.78446454 3.824264638 3.8243 a ‘Since 3.8243 is containted in the rejection region, we reject Ho and conclude that the resnits obtained by the trade union are significantly higher than those of the Hypothesis Testing of a Single Population Mean and Proportion 87 Q6. Hoi p=95 Hy:p>95 Since o? is unknown and 7 is small, we use the t-distribution, The test. is one- tailed. @ = 0.01, thus, t(n—1) = too1(7) = 3. Reject Ho if Teotc is greater than 3, n=8,2=13, s=3.2071 and p=9.5 Toe = A va 13-95 = Sa

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