CHAPTER 6

8-1. For a normal population with known variance σ2, answer the following questions:
2.14𝜎 2.14𝜎
(a) What is the confidence level for the interval 𝑥̅ − ≤ 𝜇 ≤ 𝑥̅ + ?
√𝑛 √𝑛
2.49𝜎 2.49𝜎
(b) What is the confidence level for the interval 𝑥̅ − ≤ 𝜇 ≤ 𝑥̅ + ?
√𝑛 √𝑛

1.85𝜎 1.85𝜎
(c) What is the confidence level for the interval 𝑥̅ − ≤ 𝜇 ≤ 𝑥̅ + ?
√𝑛 √𝑛
2.00𝜎
(d) What is the confidence level for the interval 𝜇 ≤ 𝑥̅ + ?
√𝑛
1.96𝜎
(e) What is the confidence level for the interval 𝑥̅ − ≤ 𝜇?
√𝑛

8-3. Consider the one-sided confidence interval expressions for a mean of a normal population.

(a) What value of zα would result in a 90% CI?

(b) What value of zα would result in a 95% CI?

(c) What value of zα would result in a 99% CI?

8-7. Consider the gain estimation problem in Exercise 8-4.

(a) How large must n be if the length of the 95% CI is to be 40?

(b) How large must n be if the length of the 99% CI is to be 40?

8-11. The yield of a chemical process is being studied. From previous experience, yield is known to be
normally distributed and σ = 3. The past five days of plant operation have resulted in the following
percent yields: 91.6, 88.75, 90.8, 89.95, and 91.3. Find a 95% two-sided confidence interval on the true
mean yield.

8-27. A random sample has been taken from a normal distribution. Output from a software package
follows:

Variable N Mean SE Mean StDev Variance Sum

x 10 ? 0.507 1.605 ? 251.848
(a) Fill in the missing quantities.

(b) Find a 95% CI on the population mean.

8-29. A research engineer for a tire manufacturer is investigating tire life for a new rubber compound
and has built 16 tires and tested them to end-of-life in a road test. The sample mean and standard
deviation are 60,139.7 and 3645.94 kilometers. Find a 95% confidence interval on mean tire life.

8-39. The compressive strength of concrete is being tested by a civil engineer who tests 12 specimens
and obtains the following data:

2216 2237 2249 2204

2225 2301 2281 2263
2318 2255 2275 2295
(a) Check the assumption that compressive strength is normally distributed. Include a graphical display
in your answer.

(b) Construct a 95% two-sided confidence interval on the mean strength.

(c) Construct a 95% lower confidence bound on the mean strength. Compare this bound with the lower
bound of the two-sided confidence interval and discuss why they are different.

CHAPTER 7

9-33. A hypothesis will be used to test that a population mean equals 10 against the alternative that the
population mean is more than 10 with known variance σ. What is the critical value for the test statistic
Z0 for the following significance levels?

(a) 0.01 (b) 0.05 (c) 0.10

9-47. Super cavitation is a propulsion technology for undersea vehicles that can greatly increase their
speed. It occurs above approximately 50 meters per second when pressure drops sufficiently to allow
the water to dissociate into water vapor, forming a gas bubble behind the vehicle. When the gas bubble
completely encloses the vehicle, super cavitation is said to occur. Eight tests were conducted on a scale
model of an undersea vehicle in a towing basin with the average observed speed 𝑥̅ = 102.2 meters per
second. Assume that speed is normally distributed with known standard deviation σ = 4 meters per
second.

(a) Test the hypothesis H0: μ = 100 versus H1: μ <100 using α = 0.05.

(b) What is the P-value for the test in part (a)?

(c) Compute the power of the test if the true mean speed is as low as 95 meters per second.

(d) What sample size would be required to detect a true mean speed as low as 95 meters per second if
you wanted the power of the test to be at least 0.85?

(e) Explain how the question in part (a) could be answered by constructing a one-sided confidence
bound on the mean speed.
 CHAPTER 8

11-7. The number of pounds of steam used per month by a chemical plant is thought to be related to
the average ambient temperature (in °F) for that month. The past year’s usage and temperatures are in
the following table:

Month Temp. Usage/1000 Month Temp. Usage/1000

Jan. 21 185.79 July 68 621.55
Feb. 24 214.47 Aug. 74 675.06
Mar. 32 288.03 Sept. 62 562.03
Apr. 47 424.84 Oct. 50 452.93
May 50 454.38 Nov. 41 369.95
June 59 539.03 Dec. 30 273.98

(a) Assuming that a simple linear regression model is appropriate, fit the regression model relating
steam usage (y) to the average temperature (x). What is the estimate of σ2? Graph the regression line.

(b) What is the estimate of expected steam usage when the average temperature is 55°F?

(c) What change in mean steam usage is expected when the monthly average temperature changes by
1°F?

(d) Suppose that the monthly average temperature is 47°F. Calculate the fitted value of y and the
corresponding residual.

CHAPTER 9

13-7. The compressive strength of concrete is being studied, and four different mixing techniques are
being investigated. The following data have been collected.

(a) Test the hypothesis that mixing techniques affect the strength of the concrete. Use α = 0.05

(b) Find the P-value for the F-statistic computed in part (a)

(c) Analyze the residuals from this experiment.

Mixing
Compressive Strength (psi)
Technique
1 3129 3000 2865 2890
2 3200 3300 2975 3150
3 2800 2900 2985 3050
4 2600 2700 2600 2765