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1. In a study of automobile collision insurance costs, a random sample of 80 body repair costs
for a particular kind of damage had a mean of $472.36 and a standard deviation of $62.35. If
x = $472.36 is used as a point estimate of the true average repair cost of this kind of damage,
with what confidence can we assert that the error does not exceed $10?
2. Ten bearings made by a certain process have a mean diameter of 0.5060 cm and a standard
deviation of 0.0040 cm. Assuming that the data may be looked upon as a random sample from
a normal population, construct a 95% confidence interval for the actual average diameter of
bearings made by this process.
3. Inspecting LCD screens prior to their connection to the keyboard and electronic components
of a laptop computer, a quality control engineer detects 22, 23, 26, 20, 24, and 29 defectives
in six production runs each of size 200. What can he assert with 99% confidence about the
maximum error, if he uses the mean of the sample as a point estimate of the true average
number of defectives in a production run of size 200?
4. With reference to the previous problem, construct a 98% confidence interval for the true
average number of defectives per production run.
5. While performing a certain task under simulated weightlessness, the pulse rate of 32
astronaut trainees increased on the average by 26.4 beats per minute with a standard
deviation of 4.28 beats per minute. What can one assert with 95% confidence about the
maximum error if x = 26.4 is used as a point estimate of the true average increase in the
pulse rate of astronaut trainees performing the given task?
6. With reference to the previous problem, construct a 95% confidence interval for the true
average increase in the pulse rate of astronaut trainees performing the given task.
7. It is desired to estimate the mean number of hours of continuous use until a certain kind of
computer will first require repairs. If it can be assumed that = 48 hours, how large a sample
is needed so that one will be assert with 90% confidence that the sample mean is only off by
at most 10 hours?
Probability and Statistics
Extra Problems – Chapter 7
Point and Interval Estimation and Hypothesis testing
8. The heights of 50 college students showed a mean of 174.5 cm and a s.d. of 6.9 cm.
(a) Construct a 98% confidence interval for the mean height of all college students.
(b) What can we assert with 98% confidence about the possible error if we estimate the
mean height of all college students to be 174.5 cm ?
10. The following measurements were recorded for the drying time, in hours, of a certain brand
of latex paint:
3.4 2.5 4.8 2.9 3.6 2.8 3.3 5.6
3.7 2.8 4.4 4.0 5.2 3.0 4.8
Assuming that the measurements represent a random sample from a normal population, find
a 98% confidence interval for the average drying time of the paint.
Answers
2. Suppose that for a given population with = 8.4 square inches, we want to test the
null hypothesis = 80.0 square inches against the alternative hypothesis < 80.0
square inches on the basis of a random sample of size n = 100. If the null hypothesis
is rejected for X < 78.0 square inches and otherwise it is accepted, what is the
probability of type I error?
4. A random sample from a company’s very extensive files shows that orders for a
certain piece of machinery were filled, respectively, in 10, 12, 19, 14, 15, 18, 11, and
13 days. Use the level of significance = 0.05, to test the claim that on the average
such orders are filled in 10.5 days. Choose the alternative hypothesis so that the
rejection of the null hypothesis = 10.5 implies that it takes longer than indicated.
Assume normality.
5. Test the hypothesis that the average content of containers of particular lubricant is
10 liters if the contents of a random sample of 10 containers are 10.2, 9.7, 10.1, 10.3,
10.1, 9.8, 9.9, 10.4, 10.3 and 9.8 liters. Use a 0.01 level of significance and assume the
distribution of the contents is normal.
Answers
1. a) 0.013563 (b) 0.230692075
2. 0.008634
3. H0: = 32.6; H1: > 32.6. t 1.523797 < t59,0.05 = 1.671093. Hence cannot reject H0.
4. H0: = 10.5; H1: > 10.5. x = 14, s = 3.207135; t = 3.08671 > t7,0.05 =1.894579.
Hence reject H0.
5. H0: = 10.0; H1: 10.0. x = 10.06, s = 0.246; |t |= 0.771744 < t9,0.005 = 3.249836.
Hence cannot reject H0.