DAE Assignment 2

ME 14251/14252: Design and Analysis of Experiments
Assignment 2
1. Consider the following sample data: 9.37, 13.04, 11.69, 8.21, 11.18, 10.41, 13.15,
11.51, 13.21, and 7.75. Is it reasonable to assume that this data is a sample from a
normal distribution? Is there evidence to support a claim that the mean of the
population is 10?
2. The breaking strength of a fiber is required to be at least 160 psi. Past experience has
indicated that the standard deviation of breaking strength is σ= 3 psi. A random
sample of four specimens is tested, and the results are y1=145, y2=153, y3=150, and
y4=149. (a) State the hypotheses that you think should be tested in this experiment. (b)
Test these hypotheses using α=0.05. What are your conclusions? (c) Construct a 95
percent confidence interval on the mean breaking strength.
3. The viscosity of a liquid detergent is supposed to average 800 centistokes at 25oC. A
random sample of 10 batches of detergent is collected, and the average viscosity is
812. Suppose we know that the standard deviation of viscosity is σ=20 centistokes. (a)
State the hypotheses that should be tested. (b) Test these hypotheses using α=0.05.
What are your conclusions? (c) Find a 95 percent confidence interval on the mean.
4. A normally distributed random variable has an unknown mean µ and a known
variance σ2=9. Find the sample size required to construct a 95 percent confidence
interval and the mean that has total length of 1.0.
5. The diameters of steel shafts produced by a certain manufacturing process should
have a mean diameter of 0.255 inches. The diameter is known to have a standard
deviation of σ=0.0001 inch. A random sample of 12 shafts has an average diameter of
0.2545 inch. (a) Set up appropriate hypotheses on the mean µ. (b) Test these
hypotheses using α=0.05. What are your conclusions? (c) Construct a 95 percent
confidence interval on the mean shaft diameter.
6. The time to repair an electronic instrument is a normally distributed random variable
measured in hours. The repair times for 16 such instruments chosen at random are as
follows:
Hours
189 280 201 215
224 379 179 264
222 362 168 250
149 260 485 170
(a) You wish to know if the mean repair time exceeds 225 hours. Set up appropriate
hypotheses for investigating this issue. (b) Test the hypotheses you formulated in part
(a). What are your conclusions? Use α=0.05. (c) Construct a 95 percent confidence
interval on mean repair time.
7. The diameter of a ball bearing was measured by 10 inspectors, each using two
different kinds of calipers. The results were
Inspector Caliper 1 Caliper 2
1 0.265 0.264
2 0.265 0.265
3 0.266 0.264
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4 0.267 0.266
5 0.267 0.267
6 0.265 0.268
7 0.267 0.264
8 0.267 0.265
9 0.265 0.265
10 0.268 0.267
(a) Is there a significant difference between the means of the population of
measurements from which the two samples were selected? Use α=0.05. (b) Construct
a 95 percent confidence interval on the difference in mean diameter measurements for
the two types of calipers.
8. The deflection temperature under load for two different formulations of ABS plastic
pipe is being studied. Two samples of 9 observations each are prepared using each
formulation and the deflection temperatures (in oF) are reported below:
Formulation 1 Formulation 2
216 193 192 187 176 198
198 207 210 197 185 188
205 185 194 206 200 189
(a) Construct normal probability plots for both samples. Do these plots support
assumptions of normality and equal variance for both samples? (b) Do the data
support the claim that the mean deflection temperature under load for formulation 1
exceeds that of formulation 2? Use α=0.05.
9. Refer the data in problem 8. Do the data support a claim that the mean deflection
temperature under load for formulation 1 exceeds that of formulation 2 by at least
3oF?
10. Develop an equation for finding a 100 (1-α) percent confidence interval on the
difference in the means of two normal distributions where σ12≠σ22. Apply your
equation to the Portland cement experiment data, and find a 95 percent confidence
interval.
11. Construct a data set for which the paired t-test statistic is very large, but for which the
usual two-sample or pooled t-test statistic is small. In general, describe how you
created the data. Does this give you any insight regarding how paired t-test works?
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