ASSIGNMENT
1) It is claimed that the weight of a box of cereal exceeds 368 grams. Additionally, it is stated
that the standard deviation (σ) is 15 grams. A sample of n=25 boxes has been taken, and
the sample mean is found to be 372.5. Test the claim at a 5% significance level.
2) A company that produces nails claims that the lengths of the nails they produce have a
mean of 8 cm and a standard deviation of 0.2 cm. The lengths of 20 randomly selected
nails during production are given below. Test the claim about the mean at a 5% significance
level.
3) It is claimed that the average stay duration of tourists coming to Istanbul is at most 3 days.
The calculated standard deviation values of these tourists are found to be 0.63. The
average stay duration in İstanbul of 42 randomly selected tourists is determined to be 2.85
days. Test the claim at a 99% confidence level.
4) A company that produces computer batteries has stated that the batteries have a lifespan
of 7 years. For this purpose, the battery lifespans and standard deviation values of 20
produced products were measured. Accordingly, the average lifespan of the sample taken
is found to be 7.2 years and the standard deviation is 0.65 years. Test the claim at a 5%
significance level.
5) A company sells packages that contain 500 paper clips. The company claims that the
packages contain no fewer than 500 paper clips, but they may contain more. 8 packages
were randomly selected from the ones sold in the markets, and the number of paper clips
in each package is given below: 503, 505, 498, 492, 506, 500, 501, 504. Analyze the claim
at a 1% significance level.
6) It is assumed that 0.70 of the families living in a region are consumers of Product A. A
sample of 150 families from this region has been taken, and it has been found that 0.65 of
these families are consumers of Product A. According to the 0.01 significance level, can it
be said that fewer than 0.70 of the families living in this region are consumers of Product
A?
7) A company that provides logistics services is considering purchasing tires from either
company A or company B for their vehicles. The firm has information that tires produced
by company A travel a greater distance. Before making the tire purchase decision, the firm
wants to investigate the accuracy of the information it has about the tires produced by
company A at a 0.05 significance level. For this purpose, the firm randomly selected 100
tires produced by company A and 150 tires produced by company B, and tested them
under the same road conditions. Using the data collected on the distance traveled by the
tested tires, the following information was obtained:
For the tires produced by company A:
Sample mean distance: X̄A = 80,000 km
Sample standard deviation: sA = 5,000 km
Sample size: nA = 100
For the tires produced by company B:
Sample mean distance: X̄B = 75,000 km
Sample standard deviation: sB = 6,000 km
Sample size: nB = 150
8) A psychologist was interested in exploring whether or not male and female college students
have different driving behaviors. There were several ways that she could quantify driving
behaviors. She opted to focus on the fastest speed ever driven by an individual. Therefore,
the particular statistical question she framed was as follows:
a) Assuming that the population variances are equal, is the mean fastest speed driven by
male college students different than the mean fastest speed driven by female college
students?
b) Assuming that the population variances are not equal, is the mean fastest speed driven
by male college students different than the mean fastest speed driven by female
college students?
She conducted a survey of a random n=34 male college students and a random m=29
female college students. Here is a descriptive summary of the results of her survey:
9) Suppose a pharmaceutical company wants to compare the effectiveness of two new drug
treatments for reducing blood pressure. They randomly selected 15 patients for the first
treatment group (Group A) and 18 patients for the second treatment group (Group B). After
administering the treatments, they measured the reduction in blood pressure (in mmHg)
for each patient and obtained the following results:
Group A:
Sample mean reduction: xA = 12.5 mmHg
Sample standard deviation: sA = 3.2 mmHg
Sample size: nA = 15
Group B:
Sample mean reduction: xB = 10.8 mmHg
Sample standard deviation: sB = 4.1 mmHg
Sample size: nB = 18
The company wants to test if there is a significant difference in the mean reduction of blood
pressure between the two groups at a 5% significance level.
