Assignment - 01
LARGE SAMPLES
1. Is it likely that a sample of size 300 whose mean is 12 is a random sample
from a large population with mean 12.8 and S.D. 5.2?
2. A sample of 900 items has mean 3.4 and S.D. 2.61. Can the sample be
regarded as drawn from a from a population with mean 3.25 at 5% level of
significance?
3. A sample of 36 ball bearings yields the average diameter of 4.2 mm. with a
S.D. 0.5 mm. Test the hypothesis that the true average diameter of the ball
bearing from which this sample was taken is 4.4 mm.
4. A sample of 100 bars is said to be drawn from a large number of bars whose
lengths are normally distributed with mean 4 ft. and S.D. 0.6 ft. if the sample
mean is 4.2 ft, can the sample be regarded as a truly random sample?
5. The mean breaking strength of a particular brand of thread is 9.72 with S.D.
1.40. A sample of 36 pieces of thread has a mean breaking strength of 8.93.
Can it be concluded that the thread has become inferior , at a significance level
a) .01 b) .05.
6. The means of two large samples of 1000 and 2000 members are 168.75 cms.
and 170 cms. respectively. Can the samples be regarded as drawn from the
same population of S.D. 6.25 cms ?
7. Intelligence test on two groups of boys and girls gave the following result :
Mean S.D. N
Girls: 75 15 160
Boys: 70 20 250.
Is there a significant difference in the mean scores obtained by boys and girls?
8. In a survey of buying habits, 400 women shoppers are chosen at a random in
supermarket A. their average weekly food expenditure is Rs. 250 with a S.D. Rs.
40. For 500 women shoppers chosen at supermarket B, the average weekly
food expenditure is Rs. 220 with a S.D. of Rs. 45. Test at 1% level of significance
whether the average food expenditures of the two groups are equal ?
9. A man buys 200 electric bulbs each of two well known makers , taken at
random from stock for testing purposes. He finds that maker A has a mean life
of 1500 with a S.D. 85 hours and make B has a mean life of 1352 hours with a
S.D. of 96 hours. Discuss the significance of these results.
10. In a study of the effect of a chemical on blood pressure (B.P.) the following
results were recorded.
Exposed group Controlled group
Number 250 100
Mean (B.P.) 115 120
S.D. (B.P.) 10 12
Examine if the chemical has any significant effect on blood pressure.
11.In a sample of 500 people in Kerala, 280 are tea drinkers and the rest are
coffee drinkers. Can we assume that both coffee and tea are equally popular
in this state at 1% level of significance?
12. In a big city 325 men out of 600 men were found to be smokers. Does this
information support the conclusion that the majority of men in that city are
smokers? State the hypothesis clearly.
13. A manufacturer claimed that at least 95% of the equipment which he
supplied to a factory confirmed to specifications. An examination of a sample
of 200 pieces of equipment revealed that 18 were faulty. Test his claim at a
significance level of a).01 b) .05.
14. The fatality rate of typhoid cases is believed to be 17.26 percent. in a
certain year, 640 patients suffering from typhoid were treated in a
Metropolitan hospital and 63 patients died. Can you consider the Hospital
efficient?
15. A six sided die is thrown 9000 times and a 5 or 6 is obtained 3210 times. Is
the die biassed?
16. In one country 100 men from a sample of 400 were more than 68 inch tall.
In a neighbouring country, the number was 300 from a sample of 800. Does
this show that there is a greater proportion of men over the height in the
second country than in the first?
17. 400 middle class families were selected at random in each two cities. It was
found that 18% and 22% of the families respectively were overcrowded. Were
the cities significantly different in respect of overcrowding?
18. 500 articles from a factory are examined and found to be 2% defective. 800
similar articles from a second factory are found to have 1.5% defectives. Can it
be reasonably concluded that the products of the first factory are inferior to
those of the second?
19. A manufacturer of electronic equipment subjects samples of two
competing brands of transistors to an accelerated performance test. If 45 of
180 transistors of the first kind and 34 of 120 transistors of the second kind fail
the test , what can be conclude at the level of significance .05 about the
difference between the corresponding sample proportions?
20. A certain type of surgical operation can be performed either with a local
anaesthetic or with a general anaesthetic. Results are as follows
Alive Dead
Local 500 25
General 175 20
Test for any difference in the mortality rates associated with the different
types of anaesthetic.
21. Intelligence test of two groups of boys and girls gives the following results:
Girls: Mean=84, S.D.=10 N= 121
Boys: Mean=81, S.D.=12 N= 81
a) Is the difference in mean scores significant?
b) Is the difference between the standard deviations significant?
22. The mean produce of wheat of a sample of 100 fields is 200 lb. per acre
with a S.D. 10 lb. Another sample of 150 fields gives the mean at 220 lb. with a
S.D.12 lb. Assuming the S.D. of the mean field is 11 lb. for the universe, find at
1% level, if the two results are consistent.
23. The S.D. of the height of 100 M.Com. students is 3 inch and of another 200
M.A. students is 4 inch. Test the significance of the S.D. on the assumption that
the S.D. of the height of postgraduate students is 3.5 inch.
