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Tutorial 2: Hypothesis Testing

1. Suppose that an allergist wishes to test the hypothesis that at least 30% of the public is
allergic to some cheese products. Explain how the allergist could commit
a) Type I error
b) Type II error

2. A fabric manufacturer believes that the proportion of orders for raw material arriving
late is p=0.6. If a random sample of 10 orders shows that 3 or fewer arrived late, the
hypothesis that p=0.6 should be rejected in favor of alternative p<0.6 . Use the
binomial distribution.
a) Find the probability of committing a type I error if the true proportion is p=0.6.
b) Find the probability of committing a type II error for the alternative p=0.3 and
p=0.4.

3. A new cure has been developed for a certain type of cement that results in a
compressive strength of 5000 kilograms per square centimetre and a standard deviation
of 120. To test the hypothesis that μ=5000 against the alternative that μ<5000 , a
random sample of 50 pieces of cement is tested. The critical region is defined to be
x <4970 .
a) Find the probability of committing a type I error.
b) Evaluate β for the alternative μ=4970 and μ=4960.

4. Suppose that the vice-president in charge of sales wants to test H 0 : μ=15 against
H 1 : μ=16 with α =β=0.05. Find the sample size that will ensure this accuracy.
Assume that σ 2 is approximately 9.

5. A random sample of 37 second-graders who participated in sports had manual dexterity

scores with mean 32.19 and standard deviation 4.34. An independent sample of 37
second-graders who did not participate in sports had manual dexterity scores with mean
31.68 and standard deviation 4.56. Find the sample size that give α =0.05 and β=0.05
when μ1−μ2 =3. (Assume equal size samples foreach group.)
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6. Let X 1 , X 2 , … , X 20 be a random sample of size n=20 from a normal distribution with

unknown mean and known variance σ 2=5. We wish to test H 0 : μ=7 versus H 1 : μ >7.
a) Find the unknown mean with significance level 0.05.
b) For the test in (a), find the power of test for the following alternative values for
H 1 : μ=7.5 and H 1 : μ=8 .