LARGE SAMPLE TESTS:

A. TEST FOR SINGLE MEAN:

1. A machine is designed to fill polythene covers with 500 ml of Milk. A sample
of 100 bags when measured, had a mean content of 501.5 ml. The S.D of the
fillings is known to be 4ml Test at 5% level of significance, whether the
machine is functioning properly.
2. A random sample of 100 students from the current years batch gives the
mean CGPA as 3.55 and variance of 0.04. Can we say that this is same as the
mean CGPA of the previous batch which was 3.5?
3. It has been found from experience that the mean breaking strength of a
brand of thread is 500 grams, with a s.d of 40 grams. From the supplies,
received during the last month, a sample of 36 pieces of thread was tested
which showed a mean strength of 450 grams. Can we conclude that the
thread supplied is inferior?
4. A telephone companys records indicate that individual customers pay on an
average Rs. 155 per month for long-distance telephone calls with standard
deviation Rs. 45. A random sample of 40 customers bills during a given
month produced a sample mean of 160 for long distance calls. At 5% level of
significance, can we say that the companys records indicate lesser mean
than the actual i.e actual mean is more than 155 cms.

B. TEST FOR EQUALITY OF POPULATION MEANS.

5. An automobile company is interested in testing the mileage given by one of

the car brands in two different cities, Mumbai and Delhi. The company
surveyed 100 car owners in Mumbai and found that the average mileage is
12 kms. Per litre. Out of 150 car owners in Delhi, the mileage averaged to
12.5 kms. Per litre. The standard deviation for mileage of this brand of car is
known to be 0.9 kms. Can we state that these two cities give different
mileage?
6. The mean height of 150 Bengalis and 200 Gujarathis are 174 and 175 cms
respectively. Test the equality of means of the two populations each with
variance 16 at 1% level of significance.
7. 200 persons from City A and 100 persons from city B were selected. The
average weekly expenditure on food were found to be Rs.200 and Rs. 210
with standard deviations of Rs. 20 and Rs. 25 respectively. Test at 1 % level of
significance whether both cities are same with respect to the average
expenditure.

C. TEST FOR SINGLE PROPORTION:

8. A cable T V operator claims that 50% of the homes in a city have opted
for his services. Before sponsoring advertisements on the local cable
channel; a company conducted a survey, and found that 280 out of
600 persons were found to have cable TV services from the operator
on the basis of this data can we accept the claim of the cable TV
operator?
9. A Manufacturer of LCD TV claims that it is becoming quite popular, and
that about 5% homes are having LCD TV. However, a dealer of
conventional TVs claims that the percentage of homes with LCD TV is
less than 5%. A sample of 400 household is surveyed, and it is found
that only 18 households have LCD TV. Test at 1% level of Significance
whether the claim of the company is tenable (Capable of being maintained in
argument).

10.
A manufacturer supplies surgical instruments to a certain
hospital. A sample of 100 instruments while tested revealed that 2
were faulty. Test at 1% level of significance, whether the proportion of
faulty instruments is more than 1%.
11.
A campus bulletin claims that only 36 % of all college students
visit the library in a week.
A sample of 225 college students showed that 90 0f them had visited
the library.
Can we accept the claim of the bulletin? ( use 1% L.O.S)
D. TEST FOR EQUALITY OF POPULATION PROPORTIONS:
12.
A firm wanted to choose a popular actor to be the brand
ambassador for the firms product. However before taking the final
decision, the firm conducted a market survey to know the opinion of its
customers in Mumbai and Delhi. The survey conducted in the two cities
revealed that while 290 out of 400 customers favored the choice, in
Mumbai, only 160 out of 300 customers who favored the choice in
Delhi. Can the firm conclude that the proportions of customers who
favored the actor in Mumbai and Delhi are the same?
13.
A machine produced 20 defective items in a sample of 500. After
the machine was overhauled, it produced 5 defective items in a batch
of 150. Has the machine improved after overhauling?
14.
In a certain city M, 400 persons were considered regular
consumers of Pizza out of a sample of 1000 persons. In another town
N, 350 were regular consumers of Pizza out of sample of 800 persons.

Test at 1% level of significance, whether there is a significant

difference between the two towns as far as the proportions of Pizza
eating habits are concerned.

15.
A company has the head office at Kolkata and a branch at
Mumbai. The personnel director wanted to know if the workers at the
two places would like the introduction of a new plan of work and a
survey was conducted for this purpose. Out of a sample of 500 workers
at Kolkata, 62% favored the new plan. At Mumbai, out of a sample of
400 workers, 41% were against the new plan .Is there any significant
difference between the two groups in their attitude towards the new
plan at 5 % level?

SMALL SAMPLE TESTS:

A. Test for single mean.
B. Test for equality of means for independent observations.
C. Paired t-test for dependent observations.

A. Test for Single mean

16.
A machine makes screws with diameter 0.5 inches. A random
sample of 10 screws shows a mean diameter of 0.52 with a S.D of 0.05.
Test whether the machine is functioning properly, at 5% level of
significance.
17.
The mean time of a certain process is 12.5 hours. An engineer
feels that it is less than 12.5 hours. To test this he takes a random
sample of 26 observations and finds that the mean and S.D are 12.15
and 15.91 hours respectively. Test whether his contention is correct at
=1%.
18.
The mean nicotine content of a brand of cigarette is 20.0 mgs. A
new process is proposed to lower the nicotine content without affecting
the flavor. To test the new process, 16 cigarettes are selected at
random from the weeks output from the test plant. The sample mean
nicotine content is found to be 18.5 mg. If the S.D of nicotine content is
calculated to be 2 mgs, is the claim of the new process justified? Use
5% level of significance.
19.
A car manufacturer claims that its new car gives a mileage of at
least 10 kms.per liter of petrol. A sample of 10 cars is taken, and their
mileage recorded as follows. In kmpl.

11.2 10.7 11.3 11.0 10.8 10.7 10.6 10.6 10.7 10.4
Is there any statistical evidence to support the claim of the
manufacturer about the mileage of its car?
B. Test for equality of means for independent observations.

20.
A bulb manufacturing company decides to purchase wires from
either Brand X or Brand Y for its new model. An experiment is
conducted using 10 bulbs having Brand X wires and 12 bulbs having
brand Y wires. The wires are used till they burn out. The following
results were observed.
BRAND X

BRAND Y

Mean life

1010 hours

1020 hours

Variance

100 hours

80 hours

Test at 5% level of significance if there is any significant difference

between the mean life of bulbs of the two brands.
21.
C. Paired t-test for dependent observations.
22.
The sales data of an item in six shops before and after a special
promotional campaign are as under:
Shops

Before
Campaign

53

28

31

48

50

42

After
Campaign

58

29

30

55

56

45

Can the campaign be judged to be a success? Test at 5% level of

significance.
23.
A certain drug was administered on 5 patients suffering from
hyper tension resulted in the following change of blood pressure.
+3, -1, +8, +2, 0
Can it be concluded that the drug will in general be accompanied by
decrease in blood pressure.

24.
Five salesmen were imparted a one week specialized training for
improving their selling skills. The following data was recorded during
the month preceding the training and the month after the training
relating to their sales per month. Can we conclude that the training has
made any significant impact?
Before (Rs. In Lakhs)

After ( Rs in Lakhs)

5.5

6.2

5.4

5.6

4.5

5.5

5.6

6.6