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5.practice Problems On Hypotheses Testing-One Sample

This document contains 9 practice problems related to hypothesis testing with one sample. The problems cover topics like identifying if a hypothesis test is one-tailed or two-tailed, writing the null and alternative hypotheses, performing hypothesis tests using sample data and test statistics, and determining if null hypotheses can be rejected at given significance levels. The document provides context, calculations, and questions for each problem to help students practice one sample hypothesis testing concepts and techniques.

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5.practice Problems On Hypotheses Testing-One Sample

This document contains 9 practice problems related to hypothesis testing with one sample. The problems cover topics like identifying if a hypothesis test is one-tailed or two-tailed, writing the null and alternative hypotheses, performing hypothesis tests using sample data and test statistics, and determining if null hypotheses can be rejected at given significance levels. The document provides context, calculations, and questions for each problem to help students practice one sample hypothesis testing concepts and techniques.

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GITAM INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT (GIM)

Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM)


(Declared as Deemed to be University u/s 3 of UGC Act. 1956)
Visakhapatnam – 45.

Business Research Methodology


MBA II Semester – Section: A & B

UNIT-IV
Practice Problems
Hypothesis Testing with one Sample

Q1. Explain which of the following is a two-tailed test, a left-tailed test, or a right-tailed test.
(a) H0: µ = 45, H1: µ > 45
(b) H0: µ = 23, H1: µ + 23
(c) H0: µ > 75, H1: µ < 75
Show the rejection and non-rejection regions for each of these cases by drawing a sampling
distribution curve for the sample mean, assuming that it is normally distributed.

Q2.Write the null and alternative hypotheses for each of the following examples. Determine
if each is a case of a two-tailed, a left-tailed, or a right-tailed test.
(a) To test if the mean number of hours spent working per week by college students who
hold jobs is different from 20 hours
(b) To test whether or not a bank’s ATM is out of service for an average of more than 10
hours per month
(c) To test if the mean length of experience of airport security guards is different from 3
years
(d) To test if the mean credit card debt of college seniors is less than $1000
(e) To test if the mean time a customer has to wait on the phone to speak to a
representative of a mail order company about unsatisfactory service is more than 12
minutes
Q3. The mayor of a large city claims that the average net worth of families living in this city
is at least $300,000. A random sample of 25 families selected from this city produced a mean
net worth of $288,000. Assume that the net worth of all families in this city have a normal
distribution with the population standard deviation of $80,000. Using the 5% significance level,
can you conclude that the mayor’s claim is false? (Critical values at 2% significance level is -
2.33 and 2.33). (Critical values at 5% significance level is - 1.96 and 1.96).

Q4. Lazurus Steel Corporation produces iron rods that are supposed to be 36 inches long. The
machine that makes these rods does not produce each rod exactly 36 inches long. The lengths
of the rods are normally distributed, and they vary slightly. It is known that when the machine
is working properly, the mean length of the rods is 36 inches. The standard deviation of the
lengths of all rods produced on this machine is always equal to .035 inch. The quality control
department at the company takes a sample of 20 such rods every week, calculates the mean
length of these rods, and tests the null hypothesis, inches, against the alternative hypothesis,
inches. If the null hypothesis is rejected, the machine is stopped and adjusted. A recent sample
of 20 rods produced a mean length of 36.015 inches. Test the hypothesis alpha = .02 and Does
the machine need to be adjusted? What if alpha = .10
Q5. A psychologist claims that the mean age at which children start walking is 12.5 months.
Carol wanted to check if this claim is true. She took a random sample of 18 children and found
that the mean age at which these children started walking was 12.9 months with a standard
deviation of .80 month. Using the 1% significance level, can you conclude that the mean age
at which all children start walking is different from 12.5 months? Assume that the ages at which
all children start walking have an approximately normal distribution.

Q6. The mean balance of all checking accounts at a bank on December 31, 2009, was $850. A
random sample of 55 checking accounts taken recently from this bank gave a mean balance of
$780 with a standard deviation of $230. Using the 1% significance level, can you conclude that
the mean balance of such accounts has decreased during this period? Explain your conclusion
in words. What if α= .025?

Q7. Perform the following tests of hypotheses for data coming from a normal distribution.

H0: µ = 285, H1: µ < 285, n = 55, = 267.80, s = 42.90, α = .05

H0: µ = 10.70, H1: µ + 10.70, n = 47, = 12.025, s = 4.90, α = .01

H0: µ = 59, H1: µ > 59, n = 7, = 59.42, s = .418, α = .01

H0: µ = 1,47,500, H1: µ < 1,47,500, n = 41, = 1,41,812, s = 22,972, α = .01

Q8. According to a Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company Driving While Distracted Survey
conducted in 2008, 81% of the drivers interviewed said that they have talked on their cell
phones while driving (The New York Times, July 19, 2009). The survey included drivers aged
16 to 61 years selected from 48 states. Assume that this result holds true for the 2008 population
of all such drivers in the United States. In a recent random sample of 1600 drivers aged 16 to
61 years selected from the United States, 83% said that they have talked on their cell phones
while driving. Using the 5% significance level, can you conclude that the current percentage
of such drivers who have talked on their cell phones while driving is different from 81%?

Q9. According to the American Diabetes Association (www.diabetes.org), 23.1% of


Americans aged 60 years or older had diabetes in 2007. A recent random sample of 200
Americans aged 60 years or older showed that 52 of them have diabetes. Using a 5%
significance level, perform a test of hypothesis to determine if the current percentage of
Americans aged 60 years or older who have diabetes is higher than that in 2007. Use both the
p-value and the critical-value approaches.

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