SQQS2013 Applied Statistics Individual Assignment 2 Due: 15 November 2011, 5.00 pm. 1.

The owner of cake house said that the shelf life of its product Chococake is normally distributed with mean 144 hours and standard deviation 24 hours. In an effort to increase the shelf life, the cake house spent a large amount of money on a new packaging technique. a. Using a random sample of 120 newly-packed Chococake, it is found that the mean shelf life is 149 hours. Can the cake house manager conclude that the new packaging technique is efficient at 1.5% significance level? b. Based on the result in a), what type of error could possibly occur? Explain the effect of this error to the cake house.

2. The average credit card debt for a recent year was RM 9,505. Five years earlier the average credit card debt was RM 6,718. Assume sample sizes of 25 were used and the population standard deviations of both samples were RM 1838. At 5% significance level, is there enough evidence to believe that the average credit card debt has increased at most RM 1,800?

3. Ultrasound is often used in the treatment of soft tissue injuries. In an experiment to investigate the effect of an ultrasound and stretch therapy on knee extension, range of motion was measured both before and after treatment for a sample of physical therapy patients. The data is shown in the following table. Is there enough evidence to conclude that the ultrasound and stretch treatment increases the range of motion at 1% significance level? Subject Pre-treatment Post-treatment Range of Motion 3 4 5 45 57 50 46 64 49

1 31 32

2 53 59

6 43 45

7 32 40

4. According to a survey, average annual salary of full-time state employees was RM48,000 for graduates of degree A and RM45,700 for graduates of degree B. Suppose these mean salaries are based on random sample of 35 full-time degree A graduates and 27 of degree B graduates and with the respective sample standard deviation of RM1,200 and RM2,400. Test the claim that there is no difference in the mean annual salary of degree A graduates and degree B graduates at the 5% significance level.

5. In clinical trials of allergy medicine A, it was reported that 50 out of 1,655 individuals taking medicine A and 31 out of 1,652 individuals taking medicine B experienced dry mouth as a side effect of their respective treatments. Is the proportion of individuals experiencing dry mouth greater for those taking medicine A than for those taking medicine B at level of significance?

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6. In a survey conducted by the American Animal Hospital Association, 37% of the respondents stated that they talk to their pets on the answering machine or telephone. A veterinarian found this result hard to believe, so he randomly selected 150 pet owners and discovered that 54 of them spoke to their pet on the answering machine or telephone. Does the veterinarian have the right to be skeptical? Use a 0.01 level of significance.

7. A company producing energy drinks claimed that the drink is effective in reducing body weight. A sample of 16 people has been chosen at random and the weights before and after 4 weeks taking the drink have been recorded. The data has been analyzed using the SPSS and the generated output is given in Output 1. Output 1
Paired Samples Test Paired Differences Mean Pair 1 after before -4.26250 Std. Deviation Std. Error Mean 95% Confidence Interval of the Difference Lower -7.33602 Upper -1.18898 15 .012 t df Sig. (2tailed)

Test the researcher's hypothesis at = 0.05.

8. A college claims that the mean entrance CPA of their students in the recent intake is 3.0. A sample of 200 students had been chosen randomly and their entrance CPA has been recorded. The data has been analyzed using SPSS and the generated output is given in Output 2. Output 2
One-Sample Test Test Value = 0 t Entrance_GPA df 199 Sig. (2-tailed) .000 One-Sample Test Test Value = 3.0 t Entrance_GPA df 199 Sig. (2-tailed) .029 Mean Difference 95% Confidence Interval of the Difference Lower Upper Mean Difference 95% Confidence Interval of the Difference Lower Upper

Based on the suitable SPSS output, is there enough evidence to support the colleges claim at 2.5% significance level?
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9. A marketing manager wishes to compare the mean prices charged for two brands of CD players. The manager conducts a random survey of retail outlets and obtains independent random samples of prices. The results of the analysis are as given below. Output 3
Group Statistics CD-Player price Brand A Brand B N 6 12 Mean 193.2467 156.3300

Independent Samples Test Levene's Test for Equality of Variances F calories Equal variances assumed Equal variances not assumed Sig. t df t-test for Equality of Means Sig. (2tailed) 16 0.015 Mean Difference Std. Error Difference

0.233

15.540

0.022

a. Calculate the point estimate of the difference between the mean prices of CD player for the two brands. b. Use an appropriate test to provide evidence supporting the claim that the mean price of the Brand A CD player is higher than the Brand B CD player. Let = 0.01.

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