EXERCISES [MAI 4.20-4.

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CONFIDENCE INTERVAL – HYPOTHESIS TEST FOR μ
SOLUTIONS
Compiled by: Christos Nikolaidis

A. Paper 1 questions (SHORT)

STANDARD DEVIATION – UNBIASED ESTIMATES FOR μ AND σ2

1. (a)
the mean of the population  29.5
the standard deviation of the population  4.42
The variance of the population 2 19.5
(b)
the mean of the sample x 29.5
the standard deviation of the sample sn 4.42
2
The variance of the sample sn 19.5
the value of sn 1 sn 1 4.72

(c)
an unbiased estimate for
x  29.5
the mean of the population
an unbiased estimate for
sn 12  4.72077...2  22.3
the variance of the population
n 8
(d) sn 12  sn 2  sn 12  sn 2
n 1 7
CONFIDENCE INTERVAL FOR μ
2. (a) [Statistics – INTR – Z – 1 sample – Data: List – enter C-Level and σ]
90% confidence interval [26.6  32.4]
95% confidence interval [26.0  33.0]
99% confidence interval [24.9  34.1]

(b) [Statistics – INTR – t – 1 sample – Data: List – enter C-Level]

90% confidence interval [26.3  32.7]
95% confidence interval [25.6  33.4]
99% confidence interval [23.7  35.3]

3. (a) [Statistics – INTR – Z – [1 sample] – Data: Var – enter C-Level and the statistics]
[76.8  83.2]
(b) [Statistics – INTR – t – [1 sample] – Data: Var – enter C-Level and the statistics]
[76.4  83.6]
(c) [Statistics – INTR – t – [1 sample] – Data: Var – enter C-Level and the statistics]
n 10 10
sn 12  sn 2  sn 12  52  sn 1  5  5.27
n 1 9 3
[76.2  83.8]

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 HYPOTHESIS TEST FOR μ
4. (a) H0:   32 ,
H1:   32
[Statistics – TEST – Z – [1 sample] – Data: List – enter   32 and σ]

p  value = 0.157 (if needed, the statistic is z stat  1.41 )

Since p  value > a , (0.157 > 0.10), we do not have enough evidence to reject H0
[we accept   32 ]

(b) H0:   32 ,
H1:   32
[Statistics – TEST – Z – [1 sample] – Data: List – enter   32 and σ]

p  value = 0.0786 (if needed, the statistic is zstat  1.41 )

Since p  value < a , (0.0786 < 0.10), we reject H0
[we reject   32 ]

(c) H0:   28 ,
H1:   28
[Statistics – TEST – Z – [1 sample] – Data: List – enter   28 and σ]

p  value = 0.198 (if needed, the statistic is zstat  0.849 )

Since p  value > a , (0.198 > 0.10), we do not have enough evidence to reject H0
[we accept   28 ]

5. (a) H0:   32 ,
H1:   32
[Statistics – TEST – t – [1 sample] – Data: List – enter   32 ]

p  value = 0.178 (if needed, the statistic is t stat  1.50 )

Since p  value > a , (0.178 > 0.10), we do not have enough evidence to reject H0
[we accept   32 ]

(b) H0:   32 ,
H1:   32
[Statistics – TEST – t – [1 sample] – Data: List – enter   32 ]

p  value = 0.0889 (if needed, the statistic is t stat  1.50 )

Since p  value < a , (0.0889 < 0.10), we reject H0
[we reject   32 ]

(c) H0:   28 ,
H1:   28
[Statistics – TEST – t – [1 sample] – Data: List – enter   28 ]

p  value = 0.199 (if needed, the statistic is t stat  0.899 )

Since p  value > a , (0.199 > 0.10), we do not have enough evidence to reject H0
[we accept   28 ]

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6. (a) H0:   83 ,
H1:   83
[Statistics – TEST – Z – [1 sample] – Data: Var – enter   83 and σ]
p  value = 0.0681 (if needed, the statistic is zstat  1.82 )
Since p  value > a , (0.0680 > 0.05), we do not have enough evidence to reject H0
[we accept   83 ]

(b) H0:   83 ,
H1:   83
[Statistics – TEST – Z – [1 sample] – Data: Var – enter   83 and σ]
p  value = 0.0340 (if needed, the statistic is zstat  1.82 )
Since p  value < a , (0.0340 < 0.05), we reject H0
[we reject   83 ]

(c) H0:   78 ,
H1:   78
[Statistics – TEST – Z – [1 sample] – Data: Var – enter   78 and σ]
p  value = 0.112 (if needed, the statistic is zstat  1.22 )
Since p  value > a , (0.112 > 0.05), we do not have enough evidence to reject H0
[we accept   78 ]

7. (a) H0:   83 ,
H1:   83
[Statistics – TEST – t – [1 sample] – Data: Var – enter   83 and the statistics]
p  value = 0.0903 (if needed, the statistic is t stat  1.89 )
Since p  value > a , (0.0903 > 0.05), we do not have enough evidence to reject H0
[we accept   83 ]

(b) H0:   83 ,
H1:   83
[Statistics – TEST – t – [1 sample] – Data: Var – enter   83 and the statistics]

p  value = 0.0451 (if needed, the statistic is t stat  1.89 )

Since p  value < a , (0.0340 < 0.05), we reject H0
[we reject   83 ]

(c) H0:   78 ,
H1:   78
[Statistics – TEST – t – [1 sample] – Data: Var – enter   78 and the statistics]
p  value = 0.119 (if needed, the statistic is t stat  1.26 )
Since p  value > a , (0.119 > 0.05), we do not have enough evidence to reject H0
[we accept   78 ]
n 10 10
8. As in 7, but now sn 12  sn 2  sn 12  52  sn 1  5  5.27
n 1 9 3
In all cases p  value > 0.05
(a) p  value = 0.105, we do not have enough evidence to reject H0:   83
(b) p  value = 0.0527, we do not have enough evidence to reject H0:   83
(c) p  value = 0.130, we do not have enough evidence to reject H0:   78

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9. We find the differences of paired data

Year 1 23 24 27 29 31 31 35 36

Year 2 25 24 32 28 35 29 35 39

d 2 0 5 –1 4 –2 0 3

(a) H0: d  0 ,
H1: d  0
[Statistics – TEST – t – [1 sample] – Data: List – enter   0 ]
p  value = 0.164 (if needed, the statistic is t stat  1.55 )
Since p  value > a , (0.164 < 0.10), we do not have enough evidence to reject H0
[we accept d  0 ]
(b) H0: d  0 ,
H1: d  0
[Statistics – TEST – t – [1 sample] – Data: List – enter   0 ]
p  value = 0.0821 (if needed, the statistic is t stat  1.55 )
Since p  value > a , (0.0821 < 0.10), we reject H0
[we accept d  0 , that is the values have increased.]