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SUBJECT PRACTICE QUESTIONS 20 May 2022

STATISTICS 1B Chapter 4 - 6

SECTION A

1. [3 marks] A commercial for a manufacturer of household appliances claims that 3% of all

its products require a service call in the first year. A consumer protection association wants to
check the claim by surveying 400 households that recently purchased one of the company’s
appliances. They find that 5% of the 400 households report having required a service call in
the first year. What is the probability that more than 5% of households in the sample would
have required a service call in the first year if the commercial’s claim were true?

̂−𝒑
𝒑 𝟎. 𝟎𝟓 − 𝟎. 𝟎𝟑
̂ > 𝟎. 𝟎𝟓) = 𝑷
𝑷(𝒑 > 
√𝒑(𝟏 − 𝒑) √𝟎. 𝟎𝟑(𝟏 − 𝟎. 𝟎𝟑)
( 𝒏 𝟒𝟎𝟎 )
= 𝑷(𝒁 > 𝟐. 𝟑𝟒)

= 𝟏 − 𝑷(𝒁 < 𝟐. 𝟑𝟒)

= 𝟏 − 𝟎. 𝟗𝟗𝟎𝟒 = 𝟎. 𝟎𝟎𝟗𝟔

Question 2

The manager of a car dealership is considering a new bonus plan designed to increase sales volume.
Currently the average sale volume is at 14 cars per month. The manager wants to conduct a research
study to see whether the new bonus plan increases sales volume. To collect data on the plan, a
sample of sales personnel will be allowed to sell under the new bonus plan for a one month period.
What is the most appropriate null and alternative hypothesis for this research?

Question 3

We want to test the hypothesis that mothers with low socioeconomic status deliver babies whose
birth weights are lower than normal. To test this hypothesis, a research involving 86 new born
babies was carried out and their average weight was found to be 2.44kg with a standard deviation of
0.876kg. suppose we know the national mean birth weight to be 3.32kg with a standard deviation of
0.645kg. Test the hypothesis at a 1% level of significance.

Question 4
Dogs are big and expensive. Rats are small and cheap. Can rats be trained to replace dogs in sniffing
out illegal drugs? One measure of the performance of a drug-sniffing animal is the number of times
in 80 trials that it can correctly distinguish a cup with cocaine residue in it from within a group of
other cups. Suppose it is known that dogs are in general successful 98% of the time in this test. A rat
undergoes the 80 trials and successfully sniffs out the cup with cocaine residue 73 times. The
scientist conducting the experiment claims that the rat is as good as a drug sniffing dog (i.e. it has
the same probability of success). Can you prove that the rat is less effective than dogs? Use a
hypothesis test with 0.02 significance level. Use both the critical value and p-value method.

Question 5

The sales figures over the past month for eight locations of a fast food chain are given below. Units
are millions of rand. Assume sales figures are normally distributed. 2.2 0.9 2.9 2.3 4.5 2.4 3.1 3.9
Test at the 1% significance level whether the mean sales across all locations of this fast food chain
last month was more than R2 million. Use the critical value method

SECTION B: Hypothesis Test for Comparing Means of Two Normally Distributed Populations

Question 𝟏

-Let 𝑋1 be the mass, in kilograms, of an animal in region A, with the population mean 𝜇1 . Then
𝑋1 ~𝑁(𝜇1 , 0.042 )

-Let 𝑋2 be the mass, in kilograms, of an animal in region B, with the population mean 𝜇2 . Then
𝑋2 ~𝑁(𝜇2 , 0.092 )
𝐻0 : 𝜇1 − 𝜇2 = 0 ∎𝑣𝑠. 𝐻𝐴 : 𝜇1 − 𝜇2 > 0 ∎ ;
𝜎2 𝜎2
𝑥̅1 − 𝑥̅2 ~𝑁 (𝜇1 − 𝜇2 , 𝑛1 + 𝑛2 ), with 𝑛1 = 60 and 𝑛2 = 50
1 2

∝= 0.01 ∎ ;
𝑥̅1 − 𝑥̅2
𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝐻0 ∶ 𝑧 = ~ 𝑧∝;
𝜎2 𝜎22
√ 1 +
𝑛1 𝑛2

𝑧0.01 = 2.325
At the 1% level of significance, reject 𝐻0 if 𝑧 > 2.325

Where

3.03 − 3.0
𝑧= = 2.184
2 2
√0.04 + 0.09
60 50

Since 𝑧 < 2.325, we fail to reject 𝐻0

There is no evidence at 1% level of significance that the animals in region A have a greater mass that
those in region B.

Question 𝟐

A microbiologist wishes to determine whether there is any difference in the time it

takes to make yoghurt from two different starters; lactobacillus acidophilus (A) and
bulgarius (B). Seven batches of yoghurt were made with each of the starters. The table
below shows the time taken, in hours, to make each batch.

Starter A 6.8 6.3 7.4 6.1 8.2 7.3 6.9

Starter B 6.1 6.4 5.7 5.5 6.9 6.3 6.7

Assuming that both sets of times may be considered to be random samples from normal
populations with the same variance,
Starter A
∑ 𝒙𝒊 𝟒𝟗
𝑴𝒆𝒂𝒏 = = =𝟕
𝒏 𝟕
(∑ 𝑥𝑖 )2 492
∑ 𝑥𝑖2 − 346.04 −
𝑉𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 = 𝑛 = 7 = 0.51
𝑛−1 7−1
𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = √0.51 = 0.71
Starter B
∑ 𝒙𝒊 𝟒𝟑. 𝟔
𝑴𝒆𝒂𝒏 = = = 𝟔. 𝟐𝟑
𝒏 𝟕
 (∑ 𝑥𝑖 )2 43.62
∑ 𝑥𝑖2 − 273.1 −
𝑉𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 = 𝑛 = 7 = 0.26
𝑛−1 7−1
𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = √0.26 = 0.51
Starter A Starter A Starter B
N 7.00 7.00
Mean 7.00 6.23
Sample Variance 0.51 0.26
Standard Deviation 0.71 0.51

Test at 10% level of significant the hypothesis that the mean time taken to make
yoghurt is the same for both starters.

𝝁𝟏 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑨
𝝁𝟐 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑩

𝑯𝟎 : 𝝁𝑨 = 𝝁𝑩 
𝑯𝑨 : 𝝁𝑨 ≠ 𝝁𝑩 
∝= 𝟎. 𝟏

𝒙𝑨 −𝒙
̅̅̅̅ ̅̅̅̅
𝑩
𝑼𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑯𝟎 : 𝒕 = 𝟏 𝟏
𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝒏𝟏 + 𝒏𝟐 − 𝟐 𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦
𝑺𝒑 ×√(𝒏 +𝒏 )
𝟏 𝟐

𝑹𝒆𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝑯𝟎 𝒊𝒇 |𝒕𝒐𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒅 | > 𝒕𝜶,𝒏+𝒏 −𝟐

= 𝒕𝟎.𝟎𝟓,𝟏𝟐 = 𝟏. 𝟕𝟖𝟐 
𝟐 𝟏 𝟐

Calculation:

(𝒏𝟏 − 𝟏)𝒔𝟐𝑨 + (𝒏𝟐 − 𝟏)𝒔𝟐𝑩

𝑺𝒑 =
𝒏𝟏 + 𝒏𝟐 − 𝟐
(𝟕 − 𝟏) ∗ 𝟎. 𝟓𝟏 + (𝟕 − 𝟏) ∗ 𝟎. 𝟐𝟔
𝑺𝟐𝒑 = = 𝟎. 𝟑𝟖
𝟕+𝟕−𝟐
𝑺𝒑 = 𝟎. 𝟔𝟐𝟎

(𝟕 − 𝟔. 𝟐𝟑 − 𝟎)
𝒕𝒐𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒅 =  = 𝟐. 𝟑𝟐𝟑
𝟏 𝟏
𝟎. 𝟔𝟐𝟎 × √𝟕 + 𝟕

𝒕𝒐𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒅 = 𝟐. 𝟑𝟐𝟑 > 𝟏. 𝟕𝟖𝟐

We reject 𝑯𝟎 at 10% level of significance.  We conclude that the mean

time taken to make yoghurt using starter A is significantly different to
starter B. 
Question 𝟑

Two methods are being considered for a paint manufacturing process, in order to increase
production. In a random sample of 100 days, the mean daily production using the first method was
625 tonnes and the standard deviation was 40 tonnes. In a random sample of 64 days, the mean
daily production using the second method was 640 tonnes and the standard deviation was 50
tonnes. Assume the standard deviations of the two populations are equal. Do we have evidence at
the 5% significance level that the first method has slower production than the second method?

Question 𝟒

The amount of a certain trace element in blood is known to vary with a standard deviation of 14.1
ppm (parts per million) for male blood donors and 9.5 ppm for female donors. Random samples of
75 male and 50 female donors yield concentration means of 28 and 33 ppm, respectively. What is
the likelihood that the population means of concentrations of the element are the same for men and
women? Is there a difference in means of concentrations of the element between the two genders?
Use 1% significance level.

Question 5 Paired samples

Two Biometric software algorithms are tested, algorithm A and algorithm B. The two
software algorithms are tested on a group of one thousand (1000) people (notice that both
algorithms are used on the same group of people. The 1000 people are asked to pose in 10
different positions; a photo is then taken and passed to both algorithm A and algorithm B.
The algorithm attempts to identify the person in the photo.

A “1” means “correctly identified”, while a “0” means “incorrectly identified”

Consider the data below:

Algorithm A. Algorithm B.
Person Person … Person Sum: Person Person … Person Sum:
1 2 1000 1 2 1000
Position1 1 1 0 436 Position1 0 1 1 387
Position2 0 1 1 309 Position2 1 1 0 623
Position3 1 1 1 108 Position3 1 1 1 195
Position4 1 1 1 102 Position4 1 0 1 289
Position5 1 1 0 217 Position5 1 1 0 709
Position6 0 1 0 678 Position6 1 1 1 156
Position7 1 0 1 814 Position7 1 1 1 890
Position8 1 1 0 375 Position8 1 1 1 315
Position9 1 1 1 431 Position9 0 1 1 315
Position10 1 1 0 899 Position10 1 1 1 937

(a) [10 marks] Test whether the mean number of “correctly identified” people in using
algorithm A is significantly smaller than the mean number of “correctly identified”
people in using algorithm B. You may assume normality. Use a 5% level of
significance and the critical value method. You may use the table below to assist you
in the calculation step.

A B 𝒅𝒊 
 436 387 49
309 623 -314
108 195 -87
102 289 -187
217 709 -492
678 156 522
814 890 -76
375 315 60
431 315 116
899 937 -38

-44.7
 ̅)
Sample Mean (𝒅
271.2887
 Sample Std.Dev (𝑺𝒅 )

𝑯𝟎 : 𝝁𝑨 = 𝝁𝑩 

𝑯𝑨 : 𝝁𝑨 < 𝝁𝑩 
∝= 𝟎. 𝟎𝟓
̅ − 𝟎)𝒏𝟎.𝟓
(𝒅
𝑼𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑯𝟎 : 𝑻 = ~ 𝒕𝒏−𝟏 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒅 
𝑺𝒅
𝑹𝒆𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝑯𝟎 𝒊𝒇 𝑻𝒐𝒃𝒔 < 𝒕𝟎.𝟎𝟓,𝟗 = −𝟏. 𝟖𝟑𝟑𝟏

(−𝟒𝟒.𝟕− 𝟎)𝟏𝟎𝟎.𝟓
𝑻𝒐𝒃𝒔 = 𝟐𝟕𝟏.𝟐𝟖𝟖𝟕
= −𝟎. 𝟓𝟐𝟏𝟏 > −𝟏. 𝟖𝟑𝟑𝟏

𝑭𝒂𝒊𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝑹𝒆𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝑯𝟎 
𝑾𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕
𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒍𝒈𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒎 𝑨 𝒊𝒔
s𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒈𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒎 𝑩 𝒂𝒕 𝟓% 𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 

SECTION C: Hypothesis Test for Comparing Proportions of Two Populations

Question 1

After a recent national Aids awareness campaign, a market research company conducted a country-
wide survey on behalf of the department of national health and welfare. Their brief was to establish
whether the recall rate of teenagers differed from that of adults between 20 and 30 years of age.
The market research company interviewed 640 teenagers and 420 young adults country-wide. 333
teenagers recalled the Aids awareness slogan used during the campaign and 260 young adults were
also able to recall the same Aids awareness slogan of “Aids: Don’t let it happen”.

Test the hypothesis at the 10% significant level, that there is an equal recall rate between teenagers
and young adults (i.e that the campaign was equally effective to both groups)

𝑦1 333
𝑝̂1 = = = 0.5203
𝑛1 640
𝑦2 260
𝑝̂2 = = = 0.6190
𝑛2 420

𝐻0 : 𝑝1 = 𝑝2 ∎𝑣𝑠. 𝐻𝐴 : 𝑝1 ≠ 𝑝2 ;
∝= 0.10 ∎ ;
𝑥1 + 𝑥2 333 + 260
𝑝̅ = = = 0.5594
𝑛1 + 𝑛2 640 + 420
𝑝̂1 − 𝑝̂2
𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝐻0 ∶ 𝑧𝑜𝑏𝑠 = ~ 𝑧𝛼/2, ∎ ; 𝑧0.05, = 1.645;
1 1
√𝑝̅ (1 − 𝑝̅ ) ( + )
𝑛1 𝑛2

𝑅𝑒𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝐻0 𝑖𝑓 |𝑧𝑜𝑏𝑠 | > 1.645∎;

0.5203 − 0.6190
𝑧𝑜𝑏𝑠 = = −30.9841
√0.5594(1 − 0.5594) ( 1 + 1 )
640 420
𝑅𝑒𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝐻0 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑧𝑜𝑏𝑠 = −30.9841 < −1.645∎ ;
𝑊𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝑎𝑡 10% 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 proportion of teenagers is significantly different from
that of the young adults.

Question 𝟐

Two types of medication for hives are being tested to determine if there is a difference in the
proportions of adult patient reactions. Twenty out of a random sample of 200 adults given
medication A still had hives 30 minutes after taking the medication. Twelve out of another random
sample of 200 adults given medication B still had hives 30 minutes after taking the medication. Test
at a 1% level of significance. Use the critical value method.

Question 𝟑

Two extrusion machines that manufacture steel rods are being compared. In a sample of 1000 rods
taken from machine 1, 960 met specifications regarding length and diameter. In a sample of 600
rods taken from machine 2, 582 met the specifications. Are the two machines equally effective at
producing rods that meet the specifications? Conduct a hypothesis test at 0.05 significance level to
reach a conclusion.

Question 𝟒
Researchers conducted a study of smartphone use among adults. A cell phone company claimed that
iPhone smartphones are more popular with whites (non-Hispanic) than with African Americans. The
results of the survey indicate that of the 232 African American cell phone owners randomly sampled,
5% have an iPhone. Of the 1,343 white cell phone owners randomly sampled, 10% own an iPhone.
Test at the 5% level of significance. Is the proportion of white iPhone owners greater than the
proportion of African American iPhone owners?

SECTION D: Hypothesis Test for a Population Variance

Question 𝟏 [9 Marks]

A manufacturer of hard safety hats for construction workers is concerned about the mean and the
variation of the forces its helmets transmits to wearers when subjected to an external force. The
manufacturer has designed the helmets so that the mean force transmitted by the helmets to the
workers is 800 pounds (or less) with a standard deviation of 40 pounds. Tests were run on a random
sample of 𝑛 = 30 helmets, and the sample mean and sample standard deviation were found to be
825 pounds and 48.5 pounds, respectively. Do the data provide sufficient evidence, at the 𝛼 = 0.05
level, to conclude that the population standard deviation differs from 40 pounds?

1. Hypothesis

𝐻0 : 𝜎 2 = 402 ∎

𝐻𝐴 : 𝜎 2 ≠ 402 ∎
2. Significance level

∝= 0.05 ∎
(𝑛−1)𝑆 2
3. Test statistic: 𝑈𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝐻0 : 𝑇 = has a 𝜒 2 distribution with 𝑛 − 1 degrees of
𝜎02
freedom. ∎
2 2
4. 𝑅𝑒𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝐻0 𝑖𝑓 𝑇𝑜𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑑 < 𝜒1−∝/2,𝑛−1 = 𝜒0.975,29 = 16.047∎; or
2 2
𝑇𝑜𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑑 > 𝜒∝/2,𝑛−1 = 𝜒0.025,29 = 45.722∎
5. Calculation:
(𝑛 − 1)𝑆 2
𝑇=
𝜎02

(30 − 1)48.52
= = 42.635∎
402

6. Decision: 16.047 < 𝑇𝑜𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑑 = 42.635 < 45.722 therefore we fail to reject
𝐻0 𝑎𝑡 5% level of significance. ∎
7. There is insufficient evidence, at the 0.05 level, to conclude that the population
standard deviation differs from 40. ∎

Question 𝟐

A forester wants to control a dense understory of striped maple that is interfering with desirable
hardwood regeneration using a mist blower to apply an herbicide treatment. She wants to make
sure that treatment has a consistent application rate, in other words, low variability not exceeding
0.25 gal./acre (0.06 gal.2). She collects sample data (n = 11) on this type of mist blower and gets a
sample variance of 0.064 gal.2 Using a 5% level of significance, test the claim that the variance is
significantly greater than 0.06 gal.2

Question 𝟑

The FCC conducts broadband speed tests to measure how much data per second passes between a
consumer’s computer and the internet. As of August of 2012, the standard deviation of Internet
speeds across Internet Service Providers (ISPs) was 12.2 percent. Suppose a sample of 15 ISPs is
taken, and the standard deviation is 13.2. An analyst claims that the standard deviation of speeds is
more than what was reported. Test the claim at the 1% significance level.

SECTION E: Hypothesis Test for Comparing Variances of Two Populations

Question 𝟏 [8 Marks]

A psychologist was interested in exploring whether or not male and female college students have
different driving behaviors. The particular statistical question she framed was as follows:

“Is the variance of the fastest speed driven by male college students exceeds the variance of the
fastest speed driven by female college students?”

The psychologist conducted a survey of a random 𝑛 = 10 male college students and a random 𝑚 =
15 female college students. Here is a descriptive summary of the results of her survey:

Males (𝑿) Females (𝒀)

𝑛1 = 10 𝑛2 = 15

𝑥̅ = 105.5 𝑦̅ = 90.9

𝑠𝑥 = 20.1 𝑠𝑦 = 12.2

Is there sufficient evidence at the 𝛼 = 0.1 level to conclude that the variance of the fastest speed
driven by male college students exceeds the variance of the fastest speed driven by female college
students?

1. Hypothesis

𝐻0 : 𝜎12 = 𝜎22 ∎

𝐻𝐴 : 𝜎12 > 𝜎22 ∎

2. Significance level

∝= 0.1 ∎
𝑆2
3. Test statistic: 𝑈𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝐻0 : 𝐹 = 𝑆12 has an 𝐹 distribution with 𝑛1 − 1 numerator
2
degrees of freedom and 𝑛2 − 1 denominator degrees of freedom. ∎
4. 𝑅𝑒𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝐻0 𝑖𝑓 𝐹𝑜𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑑 > 𝑓𝛼,𝑛1 −1,𝑛2 −1 = 𝑓0.1,9,14 = 2.122∎
 5. Calculation:
𝑆12
𝐹=
𝑆22
20.12
= = 2.7144∎
12.22

6. Decision: 𝐹𝑜𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑑 = 2.7144 > 2.122 therefore we reject 𝐻0 𝑎𝑡 10% level of

significance. ∎
7. There is sufficient evidence at the 𝛼 = 0.1 level to conclude that the population
variance of the fastest speed driven by male college students exceeds the variance
of the fastest speed driven by female college students. ∎

Question 2

A broth used to manufacture a pharmaceutical product has its sugar content, in mg/mL, measured
several times on three successive days.

Day 1 5.0 4.8 5.1 5.1 4.8 5.1 4.8 4.8 5.0 5.2 4.9 4.9 5.0
Day 2 5.8 4.7 4.7 4.9 5.1 4.9 5.4 5.3 5.3 4.8 5.7 5.1 5.7
Day 3 6.3 4.7 5.1 5.9 5.1 5.9 4.7 6.0 5.3 4.9 5.7 5.3 5.6

Can you conclude (at 1% significance level) that the variability of the process is greater on the third
day than on the second day?

Question 3

Three students, Linda, Tuan, and Javier, are given five laboratory rats each for a nutritional
experiment. Each rat’s weight is recorded in grams. Linda feeds her rats Formula A, Tuan feeds his
rats Formula B, and Javier feeds his rats Formula C. At the end of a specified time period, each rat is
weighed again and the net gain in grams is recorded.

Linda’s rats Tuan’s rats Javier’s rats

43.5 47.0 51.2
39.4 40.5 40.9
41.3 38.9 37.9
46.0 46.3 45.0
38.2 44.2 48.6

Determine whether or not the variance in weight gain is statistically the same among Javier’s and
Linda’s rats. Test at a significance level of 10%.

Question 4

The CPUT Choral Society divides male singers up into four categories from highest voices to lowest:
Tenor1, Tenor2, Bass1, Bass2. In the table are heights of the men in the Tenor1 and Bass2 groups.
One suspects that taller men will have lower voices, and that the variance of height may go up with
the lower voices as well. Do we have good evidence that the variance of the heights of singers in the
Tenor1 group is greater than the variance in the Bass2 group? Test the hypothesis at 1% level of
significance.
Tenor1 69 72 67 72 68 67
72 75 70 74 67 70
Bass2 71 67 65 70 64 70
66 75 72 66