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Practice Problems:

1. A sample of 100 tyres is taken from a lot. The mean life of tyres is found to be 39, 350 kilo
meters with a standard deviation of 3, 260. Could the sample come from a population with
mean life of 40, 000 kilometers?

2. the mean life time of a sample of 400 fluorescent light bulbs produced by a company is
found to be 1, 570 hours with a standard deviation of 150 hours. Test the hypothesis that the
mean life time of bulbs is 1600 hours against the alternative hypothesis that it is greater than
1, 600 hours at 1% and 5% level of significance.

3. In the sample of 1000 people in Maharashtra,540 are rice eaters and the rest are wheat
eaters. Can we assume that both rice and wheat are equally popular in this state at 1% level of
significance

4. A particular brand of tires claims that its deluxe tire averages at least 50,000 miles before it
needs to be replaced. From past studies of this tire, the standard deviation is known to be
8000. A survey of owners of that tire design is conducted. From the 28 tires surveyed, the
average lifespan was 46,500 miles with a standard deviation of 9800 miles. Do the data
support the claim at the 5% level?

5. From generation to generation, the average age when smokers first start to smoke varies.
However, the standard deviation of that age remains constant of around 2.1 years. A survey
of 40 smokers of this generation was done to see if the average starting age is at least 19. The
sample average was 18.1 with a sample standard deviation of 1.3. Do the data support the
claim at the 5% level?

6. The cost of a daily newspaper varies from city to city. However, the variation among
prices remains steady with a standard deviation of 6¢. A study was done to test the claim that
the average cost of a daily newspaper is 35¢. Twelve costs yield an average cost of 30¢ with
a standard deviation of 4¢. Do the data support the claim at the 1% level?

7. An article in the San Jose Mercury News stated that students in the California state
university system take an average of 4.5 years to finish their undergraduate degrees. Suppose
you believe that the average time is longer. You conduct a survey of 49 students and obtain a
sample mean of 5.1 with a sample standard deviation of 1.2. Do the data support your claim
at the 1% level?

8. The average number of sick days an employee takes per year is believed to be about 10.
Members of a personnel department do not believe this figure. They randomly survey 8
employees. The number of sick days they took for the past year are as follows: 12; 4; 15; 3;
11; 8; 6; 8. Let X = the number of sick days they took for the past year. Should the personnel
team believe that the average number is about 10?

9. In 1955, Life Magazine reported that the 25 year-old mother of three worked [on average]
an 80 hour week. Recently, many groups have been studying whether or not the women's
movement has, in fact, resulted in an increase in the average work week for women
(combining employment and at-home work). Suppose a study was done to determine if the
average work week has increased. 81 women were surveyed with the following results. The
sample average was 83; the sample standard deviation was 10. Does it appear that the average
work week has increased for women at the 5% level?

10. Your statistics instructor claims that 60 percent of the students who take her Elementary
Statistics class go through life feeling more enriched. For some reason that she can't quite
figure out, most people don't believe her. You decide to check this out on your own. You
randomly survey 64 of her past Elementary Statistics students and find that 34 feel more
enriched as a result of her class. Now, what do you think?

11. According to an article in Newsweek, the natural ratio of girls to boys is 100:105. In
China, the birth ratio is 100: 114 (46.7% girls). Suppose you don’t believe the reported
figures of the percent of girls born in China. You conduct a study. In this study, you count the
number of girls and boys born in 150 randomly chosen recent births. There are 60 girls and
90 boys born of the 150. Based on your study, do you believe that the percent of girls born in
China is 46.7?
12. A poll done for Newsweek found that 13% of Americans have seen or sensed the presence
of an angel. A contingent doubts that the percent is really that high. It conducts its own
survey. Out of 76 Americans surveyed, only 2 had seen or sensed the presence of an angel.
As a result of the contingent’s survey, would you agree with the Newsweek poll? In complete
sentences, also give three reasons why the two polls might give different results.

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