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Ardhi University
IS141: Probability and Statistics
Tutorial 4
1. Using a temperature of 100◦ F and a power input of 550 watts, the following 10 measurements of
thermal conductivity were obtained:
41.60, 41.48, 42.34, 41.95, 41.86, 42.18, 41.72, 42.26, 41.81, 42.04.
Find the point estimate of the mean thermal conductivity and standard error of the sample mean.
2. If X1 and S12 are the sample mean and sample variance from a population with mean µ1 and
variance σ12 . Similarly, X2 and S22 are the sample mean and sample variance from a second inde-
pendent population with mean µ2 and variance σ22 . The sample sizes are n1 and n2 , respectively.
Find the standard error of X1 − X2 .
3. Suppose that a sample of 16 is taken from a finite normal population of size 80 with σ 2 = 9. Find
P (x̄ − µ < −1.0)
4. The fuel consumption of a certain type of Aeroplane engine is approximately normal with mean
2.4 litres per hour and the standard deviation of 0.4. Using a random sample of size 32 machines,
find the probability that the mean fuel consumption of all machines is at least 2.2 litres per hour.
5. A study of the annual growth of a certain kind of fish showed 64 of the fish selected at random
in a lake, grew on an average of 52.80mm with a standard deviation of 4.5mm. Estimate the true
average annual growth of all fish in the lake by means of 99% confidence interval.
6. The International Air Transport Association surveys business travellers to develop quality rat-
ings for international airports. The maximum possible rating is ten. Suppose a simple random
sample of business travellers is selected and each traveller is asked to provide for Dar es Salaam
International Airport. The ratings obtained from the sample of 50 business travellers is shown
below.
6 4 6 8 7 7 6 3 3 8 10 4 8 7 8 7 5
9 5 8 4 3 8 5 5 4 7 4 8 4 5 6 1 5
9 9 8 4 8 9 9 5 9 4 8 3 10 8 9 6
Find a 95% confidence interval estimate of the population mean rating.
7. A chemist made eight independent measurements of the melting point of tungsten. She obtained
a sample mean of 3410.14 degrees Celsius and a sample standard deviation of 1.018 degrees.
(a) Use the Student’s t distribution to find a 95% confidence interval for the melting point of
tungsten.
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(b) Use the Student’s t distribution to find a 98% confidence interval for the melting point of
tungsten.
(c) If the eight measurements had been 3409.76, 3409.80, 3412.66, 3409.79, 3409.76, 3409.77,
3409.80, 3409.78, would the confidence intervals above be valid? Explain.
8. 32 out of 500 items produced by certain engineering firm are found to be defective. Estimate the
true proportion of all defective items at 95% confidence interval.
9. 14 out of 120 items from a machine A are defective and only 8 out of 70 produced by machine B
are defective. Construct the 99% confidence interval for the true difference proportions.
10. An electrical engineer wishes to compare the mean lifetimes of two types of transistors in an
application involving high-temperature performance. A sample of 60 transistors of type A were
tested and were found to have a mean lifetime of 1827 hours and a standard deviation of 168
hours. A sample of 180 transistors of type B were tested and were found to have a mean lifetime
of 1658 hours and a standard deviation of 225 hours. Find a 95% confidence interval for the
difference between the mean lifetimes of the two types of transistors.
11. A certain firm produces items that are normally distributed with variance 9. There was a policy
of paying double tax for those firms whose products exceeds 400 items per week. To avoid paying
the tax, the manager claim to produce only 400 items per week. A random sample of 20 weeks
showed that x = 430 and s = 3.6. Does the manager subject to this penalty? Test this claim at
5% level of significance.
12. A random sample of 25 students showed a mean score of 45 marks and the standard deviation of 6
marks. Test the null hypothesis that the average score of the class was 50 against the alternative
that it was different from 50 at % level of significance. What will be your conclusion at 5% level.
13. Suppose you want to test the quality in revenues from two different sectors at you region. Two
samples each of size 14 taken from normal populations, showed that x = 4.5, Sx = 1.2, y = 5.1
and Sy = 1.5. Perform suitable test of hypothesis procedures for this situation.
14. A vote is to be taken among the residents of a town and the surrounding county to determine
whether a proposed chemical plant should be constructed. The construction site is within the
town limits, and for this reason many voters in the county feel that the proposal will pass because
of the large proportion of town voters who favor the construction. To determine if there is a
significant difference in the proportion of town voters and county voters favoring the proposal, a
poll is taken. If 120 of 200 town voters favor the proposal and 240 of 500 county residents favor
it, would you agree that the proportion of town voters favoring the proposal is higher than the
proportion of county voters? Use an α = 0.05 level of significance.