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1. A random sample of 10 boys had the following I.Q.s :
70, 120, 110, 101, 88, 83, 95, 98, 107, 100
Do these data support the assumption of a population mean I.Q. of 100 (at 5%
level of significance)?
2. A fertilizer mixing machine is set to give 12 kg. of nitrate for every quintal
bag of fertilizer. 10 hundred kg. bags are examined. The percentage of nitrate
is given below: 11, 14, 13, 12, 13, 12, 13, 14, 11, and 12.
3. A machine is to turn out engine parts with axel diameters of 0.700 inch. The
hypothesis H0 : =0.700 is to be tested against the alternative H1: = 0.700 at
5% level of significance. A random sample of 10 parts shows = 0.7120
inch and s=0.040 inch. What does this indicate?
4. A normal population has mean 20 and S.D. 2. A sample of 6 items from the
population has a mean 18.2. Can the sample be reasonably regarded as a
random sample using the 5% level of significance?
Examine whether the data indicate that the drink was responsible for these
increments.
6. The following table gives the lengths of 12 samples Egyptian cotton taken
from a large consignment .
48, 46, 49, 46, 52, 45, 43, 47, 47, 46, 47, 50.
Boys Girls
S.D. 12 10
n 18 14
Is the mean score of boys significantly different from that of the girls?
No. of observations 7 10
Test the hypothesis that changing the signal position will have no effect on the
starting reaction-delay-time at 1% level of significance.
Do the result suggest that there is a significant difference between the two
machines?
10. In a mixed class, the marks of 6 girls and 8 boys in a subject are :
Girls: 72 53 42 40 37 31
Boys: 83 81 73 59 45 41 30 26
Do these data support the theory that boys are better than girls in the subject?
11. Show how you would use student's t-test to decide whether the two sets of
observations
and 16, 16, 20, 16, 20, 17, 15, 21 indicate samples drawn from
the same universe.
12. An I.Q. test was administered to 5 persons before and after they were
trained. The results are given below.
Candidates 1 2 3 4 5
Test whether there is any change in I.Q. after the training programme, given
that t0.1(4) = 4.6.
13. 11 school boys were given a test in geometry. They were given a month's
tuition and a second test was held at the end of it. Do the marks give evidence
that the students have benefited by the extra coaching?
Boys 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1st 23 20 19 21 18 20 18 17 23 16 19
test
2nd 24 19 22 18 20 22 20 20 23 20 17
test
14. Two random samples from two normal populations are given below:
Sample I : 16 26 27 23 24 22
Sample II: 33 42 35 32 28 31
16. Two independent samples of 8 and 7 items respectively had the following
values of the variables(weights in kgs.)
Sample I : 9 11 13 11 15 9 12 14
Sample II: 10 12 10 14 9 8 10
17. Two random samples drawn from two normal populations are
Sample I : 20 16 26 27 23 22 18 24 25 19 20
Sample II: 17 23 32 25 22 24 28 18 31 33 27
Obtain estimates of the variances of the populations and test whether the two
populations have the same variances.
Class A B C D E
Observed frequency 8 29 44 15 4
theoretical frequency 7 24 38 24 7.
19. The last digit of 200 numbers from a certain table are noted down at
random and their frequencies are given below:
Digit 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Frequency 15 22 20 18 25 23 24 16 17 20
Test the hypothesis that every digit has an equal chance of appearing as the
last digit of a number.
20. The following table gives the number of aircraft accidents that occurred
during the various days of the week.
No. of accidents 14 16 8 12 11 9 14
Use the test to assess the correctness of the hypothesis that the
accidents were uniformly distributed over the week.
21. The number of demands for a particular spare part in a factory was found
to vary from day to day. In a sample study , the following information was
obtained.
Test the hypothesis that the number of parts demanded does not spend on the
day of the week.(The table value for for 5 d.f. at 5% level of significance is
11.07)
22. A set of 5 coins is tossed 3200 times and the number of heads appearing
each time is noted. The results are given below.
No. of heads 0 1 2 3 4 5
Inoculated 12 26
Not inoculated 16 6
Number of Failures
Test at 5% level of significance whether the left right tire wear is independent
of front rear tire wear.
25. On the basis of the following data, Can you infer that hair colour and eye
colour are related with each other? The figures in the table give the number of
persons and (. , ) = 3.841.
Can we say that the variance of the distribution of weights of all students from
which the above sample of 10 students was drawn is equal to 20 square kg?
Degrees of freedom . .
9 16.92 21.67
10 18.31 23.21 .