Homework Suggestions from Chapter 4 (taken from Montgomery)

4.9 The output voltage of a power supply is assumed to be normally distributed. Sixteen observations taken at random on voltage are as follows: 10.35, 9.30, 10.00, 11.65, 12.00, 11.25, 9.58, 11.54, 9.95, 10.28, 8.37, 10.44, 9.25, 9.38, and 10.85. a) Test the hypothesis that the mean voltage equals 12V against a two-sided alternative using =0.05. b) Construct a 95% two-sided confidence interval on . c) Test the hypothesis that 2=11 and using =0.05. d) Construct a 95% two-sided confidence interval on . e) Construct a 95% upper confidence interval on . f) Does the assumption of normality seem reasonable for the output voltage? 4.16 Two processes are used to produce forgings used in an aircraft wing assembly. Of 200 forgings selected from process 1, 10 do not conform to the strength specifications, whereas of 300 forgings selected from process 2, 20 are nonconforming. a) Estimate the fraction nonconforming for each process. b) Test the hypothesis that the two processes have identical fractions nonconforming. Use =0.05. c) Construct a 95% confidence interval on the difference in fraction nonconforming between the two processes.

4.36 An article in the Journal of the Electrochemical Society (Vol. 139, No. 2, 1992, pp 524-532) describes an experiment to investigate the low-pressure vapour deposition of polysilicon. The experiment was carried out in a large-capacity reactor at SEMATECH in Austin, Texas. The reactor has several wafer positions, and four of these positions are selected at random. The response variable is film thickness uniformity. Three replicates of the experiment were run, and the data are shown in Table4E8. a) Is there a difference in the wafer position? Use the analysis of variance and =0.05. b) Estimate the variability due to wafer position. c) Estimate the random error component. d) Analyze the residuals from this experiment and comment on model adequacy.

Reference: Montgomery, D. Introduction to Statistical Quality Control, John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York, 2009.

4.41/4.42 The brake horsepower developed by an automobile engine on a dynamometer is thought to be a function of the engine speed in revolutions per minute (RPM), the road octane number of the fuel, and the engine compression. An experiment is run in the laboratory and the data are drawn in Table 4E10: a) Fit a multiple regression model to these data. b) Test for significance of regression. What conclusions can you draw? c) Based on t-tests, do you need all three regressor variables in the model? d) Analyze the residuals from the regression model. Comment on model adequacy.

4.50 consider a one-way or single factor ANOVA with four treatments and five replications. Use the table of the F distribution percentage points to find lower and upper bounds on the P-value for the following observed values of the test statistic: a) F0=2.50 b) F0=3.75 c) F0=5.98 d) F0=1.90

4.51 Consider the ANOVA output below. Fill in the blanks. You may give bounds on the P-value. What conclusions can you draw based on the information below: Source Factor Error Total S= 1.282 DF 3 15 R-Sq=73.53% SS MS 54.91 19.77 74.67 R-Sq (adj) = 66.91% F P

Reference: Montgomery, D. Introduction to Statistical Quality Control, John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York, 2009.