Name: Bandola, Christian Angelo A.

_Date: April 27, 2021__Score:_______

Section Exercise 8.5

1. A report in LTO stated that the average age of taxis in the Philippines is 9 years. An operation
manager of a large taxi company selects a sample of 40 taxis and finds the average age of the
taxis is 8.2 years. The σ of the population is 2.3 years. At α = 0.05, can it be concluded that the
average age of the taxis in his company is less than the national average?

Solution:

Step 1: State the hypotheses.

H0:________________________________________________________________

H1:_______________________________________________________________

Step 2: The level of significance and critical region. α = _______ and zcritical = _______.

Step 3: Compute for the value of one sample z test. zcomputed = ___________.

Step 4: Decision rule.

______________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________

Step 5: Conclusion.

______________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________

2. Average college cost of tuition fee for all private institutions last year was ₱36,400. A random
sample of costs this year for 45 institutions of higher learning indicated that the sample mean
was ₱37,900 and a sample standard deviation was ₱5,600. At the 0.10 level of significance, is
there sufficient evidence to conclude that the cost has increased?

Solution:

Step 1: State the hypotheses.

H0:_______________________________________________________________
 H1:_______________________________________________________________

Step 2: The level of significance and critical region. α = _______ and zcritical = _______.

Step 3: Compute for the value of one sample z test. zcomputed = ___________.

Name: Bandola, Christian Angelo A. _Date: April 27, 2021 Score:_______

Section Exercise 8.5

Step 4: Decision rule.
______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

Step 5: Conclusion.
______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

3. A fitness center claims that its members lose an average of 12 pounds or more the first month

after joining the center. An independent agency that wanted to check this claim took a sample of
45 members and found that they lost an average of 10 pounds within the first month with
standard deviation of 3 pounds. Find the p-value for this test. What will your decision be if α
=0.05?

Solution:

Step 1: State the hypotheses.

H0:_______________________________________________________________

H1:_______________________________________________________________
Step 2: The level of significance and critical region. α = _______ and zcritical = _______.

Step 3: Compute for the value of one sample z test. zcomputed = ____ and p-value = _____.

Step 4: Decision rule.

______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

Step 5: Conclusion.

__________________________________________________________________

4. The treasure of a municipality claims that the average net worth of families living in this
municipality is ₱590,000. A random sample of 50 families selected from this area produced a
mean net worth of ₱720,000 with standard deviation of ₱65,000. Using 1% significance level,
can we conclude that the claim is true? Also, find the 99% confidence interval of the true mean.

Solution:

Step 1: State the hypotheses.

Name: _Bandola, Christian Angelo A Date: April 27, 2021 _Score:_______

Section Exercise 8.5

 H0:_______________________________________________________________

H1:_______________________________________________________________

Step 2: The level of significance and critical region. α = _______ and zcritical = _______.

Step 3: Compute for the value of one sample z test. zcomputed = ___________.

Step 4: Decision rule.

______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

Step 5: Conclusion.
______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

Name: Bandola, Christian Angelo A. _Date April 27, 2021_Score:________

Section Exercise 8.6

1. A survey of National Capital Region finds the average commute time of employees on one
way is 30 minutes. The Makati Chamber of Commerce feels that in their city is greater and wants
to publicizethis. They randomly select 28 commuters and finds the average is 35 minutes with a
standard deviation of 6 minutes. At α = 0.05, are they correct?

Solution:

Step 1: State the hypotheses.

H0:_______________________________________________________________

H1:_______________________________________________________________
Step 2: The level of significance and critical region. α = ___, df = ____ and tcritical = ____.

Step 3: Compute for the value of one sample t test. tcomputed = _________.

Step 4: Decision rule.

______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

Step 5: Conclusion.

______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

2. The average pre-school cost for tuition fees last year was ₱74,200. The following year, 20
institutions had a mean of ₱13,100 and a standard deviation of ₱2,250. Is there sufficient
evidence at α = 0.10 level of significance to conclude that the mean cost has increased?

Solution:

Step 1: State the hypotheses.

H0:_______________________________________________________________

H1:_______________________________________________________________

Step 2: The level of significance and critical region. α = ____, df = ____ and tcritical = ___.

Step 3: Compute for the value of one sample t test. tcomputed = _________.

Name: Bandola, Christian Angelo A Date: April 27, 2021 _Score:________

 Section Exercise 8.6

Step 4: Decision rule.

______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

Step 5: Conclusion.
3. A consumer advocacy group suspects that a local supermarket’s 500 grams of sugar actually
weigh less than 500 grams. The group took a random sample of 20 such packages, weigh each
one, and found the mean weight for the sample to be 496 grams with a standard deviation of 8
grams. Using 10% significance level, would you conclude that the mean weight is less than 500
grams? Also, find the 90% confidence interval of the true mean.

Solution:

Step 1: State the hypotheses.

H0:_______________________________________________________________

H1:_______________________________________________________________

Step 2: The level of significance and critical region. α = ____, df = ____ and tcritical = ___.

Step 3: Compute for the value of one sample t test. tcomputed = _________.

Step 4: Decision rule.

______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

Step 5: Conclusion.
______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

Step 6: Confidence interval.

Name: Bandola, Christian Angelo A _Date: April 27, 2021 Score:________

Section Exercise 8.6

4. A fruit juice franchise company has a policy of opening new fruit juice stand only on those
areas that have a mean household income of at least ₱30,500 a month. The company is currently
considering an area in which to open a new fruit juice stand. The company’s research department
took a sample of 25 households from this area and found
that the mean monthly income of these households is ₱38,600. Using 5% significance level,
would you conclude that the company should open a fruit juice stand in the area? Also, find the
95% confidence interval of the true mean.

Solution:

Step 1: State the hypotheses.

H0:_______________________________________________________________

H1:_______________________________________________________________

Step 2: The level of significance and critical region. α = ____, df = ___ and tcritical = ____.

Step 3:Compute for the value of one sample t test. tcomputed = _________.

Step 4:Decision rule.

______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

Step 5:Conclusion.
______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

Step 6:Confidence interval.

5. A researcher estimates that the average height of buildings in terms of the number of storey in
the National Capital Region is at least 15 storeys. A random sample of 12 building is selected,
and the numbers of storey are shown. At α = 0.01, is there enough evidence to reject the claim?

20 10 8 15 17 25
36 35 12 28 16 30

Solution:
Step 1: State the hypotheses.

Name: Bandola, Christian Angelo A Date: April 27, 2021 Score:________

Section Exercise 8.6

H0:_______________________________________________________________

H1:_______________________________________________________________

Step 2: The level of significance is ________ and df = __________.

Step 3: Determine the critical region. tcritacal = __________.

Step 4: Complete the table and compute for the value of sample mean, standard deviation and
one sample t test.

X X −X (X −X )
2
X X −X (X −X )
2

20 40
10 35
8 12
15 28
17 16
25 30

n = __________ X = __________ s = __________ tcomputed = __________

Step 5: Decision rule.

Step 6: Conclusion.
______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

Name: Bandola, Christian Angelo A Date: April 27, 2021 _Score:________

Section Exercise 8.7
1. The school registrar estimates that the dropout rate of freshmen high school in Mindanao is
20%. Last year, 45 freshmen from random sample of 250 Mindanao freshmen high school
withdrew. At 0.01, is there enough evidence to reject the registrar’s claim?

Solution:

Step 1: State the hypotheses.

H0:_______________________________________________________________

H1:_______________________________________________________________

Step 2: The level of significance and critical region. α = ________, and zcritical = _______.

Step 3: Compute for the value of one sample z test. zcomputed = _________.

Step 4: Decision rule.

Step 5: Conclusion.
______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

2. A certified public accountant (CPA) claims that more than 30% of all accountants advertise. A
sample of 300 accountants in Metro Manila showed that 84 had used some form of advertising.
At α = 0.01, is there enough evidence to support the claim? Use p-value method.
Solution:

Step 1: State the hypotheses.

H0:_______________________________________________________________

H1:_______________________________________________________________

Step 2: Compute for the value of one sample t test. tcomputed = __________.

Step 3:Compute for the p-value. p-value = __________.

Name: Bandola, Christian Angelo A Date: April 27, 2021Score:________

Section Exercise 8.7

Step 4: Decision rule.

______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

Step 5: Conclusion.
______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

3. Achaiahmade a claim that at least 5% of the college male students drives racing car. His friend
Sofia finds this hard to believe and decided to check the validity of Achaiah’sclaim, so she took a
random sample. At 0.05, does Sofia have sufficient evidence to reject Achaiah’sclaim if there
were 19 racing car in her sample of 250 cars?

Solution:

Step 1: State the hypotheses.

H0:_______________________________________________________________

H1:_______________________________________________________________

Step 2: The level of significance and critical region. α = ________, and zcritical = _______.

Step 3: Compute for the value of one sample z test. zcomputed = _________.

Step 4: Decision rule.

Step 5: Conclusion.
______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

4. The GSIS states that 80% of its claims are settled within a month. A consumer group selected
a random sample of 180 of the company’s claims to test this statement. If it is found that 150 of
the claims were settled, do they have sufficient reason to support their contention that less than
80% of the claims are settled within a month? Use a p-value method, at α = 0.05.

Solution:
Step 1: State the hypotheses.

Name: Bandola, Christian Angelo A. Date: April 27, 2021 Score:________

Section Exercise 8.7

H0:_______________________________________________________________

H1:_______________________________________________________________

Step 2: Compute for the value of one sample t test. tcomputed = __________.

Step 3:Compute for the p-value. p-value = __________.

Step 4: Decision rule.

______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

Step 5: Conclusion.
______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

Name: Bandola, Christian Angelo A. Date: April 27, 2021 Score:___________

Section Exercise 9.2

1. A survey found that the average hotel room rate in Luzon is ₱2,300and the average room rate
in Mindanao is ₱2,150. Assume that the data were obtained from two samples of 75 hotels in
Luzon and 80 hotels in Mindanao and the standard deviations were ₱250 and ₱215, respectively.
At α =0.05 can it be concluded that there is significant difference in rate?
Solution:
Step 1: State the hypotheses.
H 0 :_____________________________________________________________________
 H 1 :_____________________________________________________________________

Step 2: The level of significance and the critical region. a =_____ and z critical=¿¿ _______.
Step 3: Compute the value of z test. z computed =¿__________.
X 1 =¿_________ 2
σ 1=¿_________ n1=¿__________ X 2 =¿
σ 2=¿_________ n2 =¿__________
2
_________

Step 4: Decision rule. ______________________________________________________

Step 5:Conclusion._______________________________________________________

2. The average credit card dept for a recent year was ₱43,100. Three years earlier the average
credit card dept was ₱ 41,890. Assume sample sizes of 50 were used and the standard deviations
of both samples are ₱7,810. Is there enough evidence to believe that the average credit card dept
has increased? Useα =0.01.
Solution:
Step 1: State the hypothesis
H 0 :____________________________________________________________________

H 1 :____________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
Step 2: The level of significance and critical region. α =________ and zcritical ______________.

Step 3: Compute for the value of z test. z computed =¿__________.

X 1 =¿_________ 2
σ 1=¿_________ n1=¿__________ X 2 =¿
σ 2=¿_________ n2 =¿__________
2
_________

Step 4: Decision rule.______________________________________________________

Step 5: Conclusion.________________________________________________________
Name: Bandola, Christian Angelo A Date: April 27, 2021 Score:___________

Section Exercises 9.3

1. Given a sample of n1=18 from a population with s1=13.5 and an independent sample of
n2 =28from another population with s2=11.8 what is the value of the t test statistic for testing
H 0 : μ1=μ2 at α =0.01 if X 1 =64.2and X 2 =69.1?
Solution:
Step 1: State the hypotheses.
H 0 :_____________________________________________________________________

H 1 :_____________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
Step 2: The level of significance and the critical region. a =_____ and t critical=¿¿ _______.
Step 3: Compute the value of t test. t computed =¿__________.

Step 4: Decision rule. ______________________________________________________

Step 5: Conclusion. _______________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

2. The mathematical Anxiety rating scale (MARS) measures an individual level of mathematical
anxiety on a scale from 25 (no anxiety) to 100 (highest anxiety). A group of researcher
administered the MARS to 50 students. One of the objectives of the study was to determine if
there is a difference between levels of mathematical anxiety experience by male and female
computer science students.
Gender X s n
Male 34.8 10.6 24
Female 47.2 12.4 26

At α =0.05 level of significance, is there evidence of a difference of the mean mathematical

anxiety experienced by male and female computer science students?
Solution:
Step 1: State the hypotheses.
 H 0 :_____________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________

H 1 :_____________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________

Step 2: The level of significance and the critical region. a =_____ and t critical=¿¿ _______.
Step 3: Compute the value of t test. t computed =¿__________.

Step 4: Decision rule. ______________________________________________________

Step 5: Conclusion. _______________________________________________________

Name: Bandola, Christian Angelo A. _Date: April 27, 2021 Score:___________

Section Exercise 9.3

3. The economist wants to compare the hourly rates charged by automobile mechanics in two
major cities in Metro Manila. He randomly selects auto repair facilitiesfrom both cities and
records their hourly rates (in pesos). The data is as follows:

City of Manila 190 140 130 212 205 168 135 180
Quezon City 179 150 120 156 175 160 180 200

Is there sufficient evidence to indicate the difference in the mean hourly rates from these two
cities, atα =0.10 ?
Solution:
Step 1: State the hypotheses.
H 0 :____________________________________________________________________

H 1 :_____________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________

Step 2:The level of significance and the critical region. a =____,df = _____andt critical=¿¿ ___.

Step 3: Compute the value of z test. z computed =¿__________.

X1 X2 2
( X 1−X 1 ) ( X 2−X 2 )
2
∑ X 1=¿ ¿________ ∑ X 2=¿ ¿________ X 1 =¿__________ X 2 =¿__________

∑ ( X 1−X 1) 2=¿ ¿___________ ∑ ( X 2−X 2) 2=¿ ¿___________

2 2
s1=¿ _________ s2=¿ _________ tcomputed = ____________

Step 4: Decision rule. ______________________________________________________

Step 5: Conclusion. _______________________________________________________

Name: Bandola, Christian Angelo A Date: April 27, 2021 Score:___________

Section Exercise 9.4

1. As an aid for improving employees working habits, eight employees were randomly selected
to attend the seminar-workshop on the importance of work. The table shows the number of
workload done per week before and after the seminar-workshop. At 0.05, did attending the
seminar-workshop increase the performance level of employees?

Before 10 12 8 7 11 10 13 9
After 9 14 11 12 15 13 12 14

Solution:
Step 1: State the hypothesis
H 0 :_________________________________________________________________

H 1 :____________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________

Step 2: The level of significance and critical region. α =________ and zcritical ______________.
Step 3: Compute for the value of t test. D = ________ sD = _______ and tcomputed = _________.

Step 4: Decision rule.______________________________________________________

Step 5: Conclusion.________________________________________________________

2. The school director of SSC-R wants to determine if the gate point average (GPA) of
accountancy college students decreases during the last semester of their junior year. A sample
of 10 students selected. Their GPAs for the first and second semesters of their junior years
are:

1st Semester 90 88 93 96 86 85 92 84 97 92
2nd Semester 89 90 94 95 90 86 85 82 90 88

Using the 1% is significance level can the director conclude that the GPA of juniors declined
during their second semester?

Solution:
Step 1: State the hypotheses.
H 0 :____________________________________________________________________

H 1 :_____________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________

Name: Bandola, Christian Angelo A Date: April 27, 2021 Score:___________

Step 2: The level of significance and the critical region. a =_____ and t critical=¿¿ _______.
Step 3: Compute the value of t test. D = ________ sD = _______ and tcomputed = _________.
Step 4: Decision rule. ______________________________________________________

Step 5: Conclusion. _______________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________.

Name: Bandola, Christian Angelo A. __Date: April 27, 2021 Score:____

Section Exercise 9.5
1. A survey found that in a sample of 100 families, 37 owned cats. A survey done 5 years ago
found that in a sample of 80 families, 37 owned cats. At α =0.05 has the proportion of cat
owners changed over the5-year period?
Solution:
Step 1: State the hypotheses.
H 0 :___________________________________________________________________

H 1 :_____________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________

Step 2: The level of significance and the critical region. a =_____ and z critical=¿¿ _______.
Step 3: Compute the value of z test for proportions. z computed =¿__________.
^
p1 = ____________ ^p2 = _________
p = _____________ q = _________

Step 4: Decision rule. ______________________________________________________

Step 5: Conclusion. _______________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________.

2. A study was designed to compare the smoking habits of married men with those married
women. A random sample of 240 men revealed that 180 smoked. A random sample of 220
women indicate that 54 smoked. At the 0.01 significance level does the evidence show that a
higher proportion of men smoke?
Solution:
Step 1: State the hypotheses.
 H 0 :____________________________________________________________________

H 1 :_____________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________

Step 2: The level of significance and the critical region. a =_____ and z critical=¿¿ _______.
Step 3: Compute the value of z test for proportions. z computed =¿__________.
^p1= ____________ ^p2= _________
p = _____________ q = _________

Step 4: Decision rule. ______________________________________________________

Step 5: Conclusion. _______________________________________________________.