Sample Math for hypothesis testing 2 [Chi-square test, Two sample means test, and F-test

for variance]
1.

A company produces electric devices operated by a thermostatic control. The standard

deviation of the temperature at which these controls actually operate should not exceed 2.0
degrees Farenheit. For a random sample of 20 of these controls, the sample standard deviation
of operating temperatures was 2.36 degrees Farenheit. Stating any assumptions you need to
make, test at the 5% level of significance the null hypothesis that population standard deviation
is 2.0 against the alternative that it is bigger.

2. At the insistence of a government inspector, a new safety device is installed in an assembly line
operation. After the installation of this device, a random sample of eight days output gave the
following results for numbers of finished components produced: 618, 660,
638,625,571,598,639,582. Management is concerned about the variability of daily output and
views as undesirable any variance above 500. Test at the 5% level of significance the null
hypothesis that the population variance for daily output doesnt exceed 500.
3. A political science professor is interested in comparing the characteristics of students who do
and do not vote in national elections. For a random sample of 114 students who claimed to
have voted in the last presidential election, she found a mean grade point of average of 2.71
and standard deviation .64. for an independent random sample of 123 students who did not
vote, the mean grade point average was 2.79 and standard deviation was .56. Test against a two
sided alternative the null hypothesis that the population means are equal.
4. For a random sample of 125 British entrepreneurs, the mean number of job changes was 1.91
and the sample standard deviation was 1.32. For and independent random sample of 86 British
corporate managers, the mean number of job changes .21 and the sample standard deviation
was .53. Test the null hypothesis that the population means are equal against the alternative that
the mean number of job changes is higher for British entrepreneurs than for British corporate
managers.
5. A university research team was studying the relationship between idea generation by groups

with and without a moderator. For a random sample of four groups with moderator, the mean
number of ideas generated per group was 78.0 and the standard deviation was 24.4. For a
random sample of four groups without a moderator the mean number of ideas generated was
63.5 and the standard deviation was 20.2. Test the assumption that the two population
variances were equal against the alternative that the population variance is higher for groups
with a moderator.