Rainzel Faith Castillo 11-21 NMPL DATE: 5/19/2023

Problem 1: An airline claims that less than 6% of its entire lost luggage is never found.
Test this claim, if in a random sample, 17 of 200 pieces of the airline’s luggage are not
found. Use 0.05 level of significance.

Step 1:
H 0 : The proportion of the airline’s lost luggage is never found is equal to 6% or 0.06
( p¿¿ 0=0.06)¿

H a : The proportion of the airline’s lost luggage is never found is less than 6% or 0.06
( p¿¿ 0< 0.06)¿

Step 2: Type of test: one-tailed test, α =0.05 , Critical Value: z= -1.65

Step 3:

Given: p0=0.06

n= 100

17
p= =0.085
200

( p − p0 ) ( 0.085− 0.06)
z=
√ p0 (1 − p0 ) =
n √ 0.06(1− 0.06) = 1.49
200

Step 4:

Decision: Reject the null hypothesis because the computed z value falls within the
rejection region.

Step 5:

Conclusion: The claim that less than 6% of the airline’s lost luggage is never found is
false.

Problem 2: The proportion of students who passed an engineering examination was

80%. Students complained that they would have done better if they were allowed to
use calculators. Later, a random sample of 90 students took this exam with calculators
and 75 passed. Was this a significant improvement at 0.05 level?

Step 1:
H 0 : The proportion the students who passed the examination was equal to 80% or 0.8
( p0 =0.8 )

H a : The proportion the students who passed the examination was above 80% or 0.8
( p0 >0.8 )

Step 2: Type of test: one-tailed test, α =0.05 , Critical Value: z= +1.65

Step 3:

Given: p0=0.8

n= 90

75
p= =0.83
90

( p − p0 ) ( 0.83− 0.8)
z=
√ p0 (1 − p0 ) =
n √ 0.8(1 − 0.8) = 0.71
90

Step 4:

Decision: Do not reject the null hypothesis because the computed value falls outside
the rejection region.

Step 5:

Conclusion: This was not a significant improvement at 0.05 level.

Problem 3: A standard deviation of scores on a test of reaction time is 0.23 seconds.

If a random sample of 250 scores on this test shows a mean of 0.92 seconds, test the
hypothesis that the mean is 1 second at the 0.05 level.

Step 1:
H 0 : The mean is 1 second ( μ=1 )

H a : The mean is not 1 second ( μ ≠1 )

Step 2: Type of test: two-tailed test, α =0.05 , Critical Value: z= ± 1.96

Step 3:

Given: x=0.92

μ=1

n= 250

σ =0.23

( x − μ ) √ n ( 0.92− 1 ) √ 250
z= = = -5.50
σ 0.23

Step 4: Decision: Reject the null hypothesis

Step 5: Conclusion: The mean is not 1 second at 0.05 level.

Problem 4: The manager of the women’s dress department of a store wants to know
whether the true average number of women’s dresses sold per day is 24. In a random
sample of 36 days, it has been found out that the average number of dresses sold is 23
with a standard deviation of seven dresses. At the 0.05 level of significance, is there
sufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis that μ = 24?

Step 1:
H 0 : The average number of women’s dresses sold per day is 24 ( μ=24 )

H a : The average number of women’s dresses sold per day is not 24 ( μ ≠ 24 )

Step 2: Type of test: two-tailed test, α =0.05 , Critical Value: z= ± 1.96

Step 3:
Given: x=23

μ=24

n= 36

σ =7

( x − μ ) √ n ( 23 −24 ) √ 36
z= = = -0.86
σ 7

Step 4: Decision: Since the computed or test value does not fall within the rejection
region, do nor reject the null hypothesis.

Step 5: Conclusion: There is no sufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis that
μ=24

Problem 5: A tire manufacturer claims that his tires will give good service to car
owners for 40,000 miles. To prove this claim, he puts a random sample of 20 tires to
the test. The mean of this sample turns out to be 38,300 miles with a standard
deviation of 2,700 miles. Is the manufacturer’s claim true at 0.01 level?

Step 1:
H 0 : The tires will give good service for 40,000 miles ( μ=40,000 )

H a : The tires will give good service for 40,000 miles ( μ ≠ 40,000 )

Step 2: Type of test: two-tailed test, α =0.01 , Critical Value: z= ± 1.96

Step 3:

Given: x=38,300

μ=40,000

n= 20

s=2,700

( x − μ ) √ n ( 38,300− 40,000 ) √ 20
z= = = -2.82
s 2,700
Step 4: Decision: Since the computed or test value does not fall within the rejection
region, do not reject the null hypothesis.

Step 5: Conclusion: The manufacturer’s claim that the tires will give good service for
40,000 miles is true at 0.01 level.

Problem 6: It is claimed that the average time spent by employees on telephone calls
is less than 6 minutes. In a study of time spent on the telephone by its employees, a
large office monitors a random sample of 27 employee call and finds the mean length of
these calls to be 5.8 minutes with a standard deviation of 1.4 minutes. Is the claim true
at 0.05 level of significance?

Step 1:
H 0 : The average time spent by employees on telephone calls is 6 minutes ( μ=6 )

H a : The average time spent by employees on telephone calls is less than 6 minutes
( μ<6 )

Step 2: Type of test: one-tailed test, α =0.05 , Critical Value: df=26, t= -1.706

Step 3:

Given: x=5.8

μ=6

n= 27

s=1.4

( x − μ ) √ n ( 5.8 −6 ) √ 27
z= = =-0.74
s 1.4

Step 4: Decision: Since the computed or test value does not fall within the rejection
region, do not reject the null hypothesis.

Step 5: Conclusion: The claim that the average time spent by employees on
telephone calls is less than 6 minutes is not true.