Sample Exercise – Hypothesis Test

Problem1:
A research division of a material engineering division tests 22 samples of a particular alloy
specimen. The load at specimen failure is as follows (in MPa).

19.80 18.50 17.60 16.70 15.80 15.40 14.10 13.60 11.90 11.40 11.40
8.80 7.50 15.40 15.40 19.50 14.90 12.70 11.90 11.40 10.10 7.90

Does the data suggest that the mean load at failure exceeds 10 MPa?

Problem2:
A rubber spring production company tests modulus of elasticity using a specific non-
standard testing procedure. It is known that the standard deviation of measurement of
modulus of elasticity is 18 units using a non-standard procedure. Currently, the testing
procedure is standardized and a sample of size 20 is tested and standard deviation is found
to be 12.8 units. Is the variability of the testing procedure reduced after standardization of
the testing procedure?

Problem3:
The following data are the lives in hrs. of two batches of electric lamp.

Fuel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Batch 1 1505 1556 1801 1629 1644 1607 1825 1748
Batch 2 1799 1618 1604 1655 1708 1675 1728

Test whether there is a significant difference of batches in respect of average length of life.

Problem4:
The weight of 10 cows before they are subjected to a change in diet and after a change of 6
month is recorded below.

SL. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Before diet 109 112 98 114 102 97 88 101 89 91
After change of diet 115 120 99 117 105 98 91 99 93 89

Is there significant gain in weight after change in diet?

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Problem5:
A yarn manufacture offered a new yarn and claim that new yarn has more uniform
diameter than the standard yarn. To check this claim the manufacturer tested 11 new yarn
and 21 standard yarns. He got the following results.

New yarn Standard yarn

Number 11 21
Stdev 0.045 0.033

Is new yarn better than standard yarn?

Problem6:
A case-control study was conducted to identify reasons for exceptionally high rate of lung
cancer among male residents of coastal Georgia. The primary risk factor under
investigation was employment in shipyards during World War II. Determine the 95%
confidence interval of difference of proportions working in shipyards.
Cases: Specific diseases are ascertained.
Control: Disease free individuals.

Lung Cancer
Cases Control
Ship Building Yes 11 35
Working No 50 203
61 238

Is there any significant difference that lung cancer affected more in shipyard industries?

Problem7:
The correlation coefficient between verbal and math score for a sample of 20 students was
found to be 0.203. Is there any correlation between verbal and math score for the students
population?

Problem8:
The correlation coefficient between brother’s height and sister’s height of 53 brothers and
sisters pair was found 0.585. Is this coefficient significantly smaller than 0.80?