1.

A random sample of 100 recorded deaths in the US during the past year showed an
average life span of 71.8 years. Assuming a population standard deviation of 8.9 years,
does this seem to indicate that the mean life span today is greater than 70 years? Use a
0.05 level of significance.
2. A manufacturer of sports equipment has developed a new synthetic fishing line that he
claims has a mean breaking strength of 8 kg with S.d. of 0.5 kg. Test the hypothesis that
against the alternative kg if a random sample of 50 lines is tested and
found to have a mean breaking strength of 7.8 kg. Use a 0.01 level of significance.
3. An experiment was performed to compare a particular character of two different
materials. 12 pieces of material 1 and 10 pieces of material 2 were tested. Sample of
material 1 gave an average of 85 with a sample S.d. of 4 while the sample of 2nd one gave
an average of 81 and sample S.D of 5. Can we conclude at the 0.05 level of significance
that the character of material one will exceed that of material 2 by more than 2 units?
Assume the populations to be normally distributed with equal variances.
4. A commonly prescribed drug for relieving nervous tension is believed to be only 60%
effective. Experimental results with a new drug administered to a random sample of 100
adults who were suffering from nervous tension show that 70 received relief. Is this
sufficient evidence to conclude that the new drug is superior to the one commonly
prescribed? = 0.05
5. A manufacturer of car batteries claims that the life of his batteries is approximately
normally distributed with a S.D. of 0.9 year. If a random sample of 10 of these batteries
has a S.D. of 1.2 years, do you think that = 0.05
6. It is assumed that mean systolic BP is In the heart study, a sample of
n=100 people had an average Systolic BP of 130.1 mmHg with S.d. of 21.21 mmHg. Is
the group sufficiently different from regular population?
7. A sample of 900 members has a mean of 3.5 cm and S.d. of 2.61 cm. Is the sample from
a large population of mean 3.25 cms and S.d. 2.61 cm? If the population is normal and its
mean is unknown, find 95% C.I. for the mean.
8. The mean Muscular endurance score of a random sample of 60 subjects was found to be
145 with an Sd. Of 40.Construct a 95% C.I. for the mean. Assume the sample size to be
large enough for normal approximation.
9. The S.d. of a population is 2.7 inches. Find the probability that in sample of size 66 (i) the
sample mean will differ from the population mean by 0.75 inches or more and (ii) the
sample mean will exceed the population mean by 0.75 inches or more.
10. A machine is considered to be unsatisfactory if it produces more than8% defectives. It is
suspected that the machine is unsatisfactory. A random sample of 120 items produced by
the machine contains 14 defectives. Does the sample evidence support the claim that the
machine is unsatisfactory? Use α = 0.01.
11. A normal population has a mean of 0.1 and S.D. of 2.1. Find the probability that mean of
a sample of size 900 will be negative.
12. A study claims that a vaccume cleaner expands on an average of 46 klw hr per year. If a
random sample of 12 homes included in a planned study indicates that VC expands on an
average of 42 kl-w-hr per year with SD of 11.9 kl-w-hr, does this suggest at the 0.05 level
of significance that VC expand, on the average less than 46kl-w-hr?
13. 15. A quality control engineer finds that a sample of 100 light bulbs had an avg life-time
of 470 hrs. Assuming a population SD of 25 hr, test whether the population is 480 hr vs
less that 480 hrs at = 0.05.
14. A physician claims that the variance in cholesterol levels of adult men in a certain
laboratory is at least 100. A random sample of 25 adult males from this laboratory
produced a sample standard deviation of cholesterol levels as 12. Test the physician’s
claim at 5% level of significance.
15. The intelligence quotients (IQs) of 17 students from one area of a city showed a sample
mean of 106 with a sample standard deviation of 10, whereas the IQs of 14 students from
another area chosen independently showed a sample mean of 109 with a sample standard
deviation of 7. Is there a significant difference between the IQs of the two groups at α =
0.02? Assume that the population variances are equal.
16. Suppose X has the density function f(x)=
= 0, otherwise.
Based on a single observed value of X, find the most powerful critical region of size =
0.1 for testing Ho : = 1 against Ha : = 2. (need to use Neyman Pearson Lemma,
done in class)
17. Let X1,X2,...,X12 be a random sample from a normal population with mean zero and
variance 2. What is the most powerful test of size 0.025 for testing the null hypothesis Ho
: = 10 versus Ha : = 5? (done in class)
18. Let X be a single observation from the pdf f(x)= θ , 0 <x<1;
= 0, otherwise.
Find the most powerful test with a level of significance α = 0.01 to test H0 : θ = 3 versus
Ha : θ =4.(CR: 1/x<K; K= )
19. Let X1,...,Xn be a random sample from a Poisson distribution with mean λ. Find a best
critical region for testing H0 : λ =3 against Ha : λ =6.(see Ramchandran)
20. Suppose X1,...,Xn is a random sample from a U(0,θ) distribution. Find the most powerful
α-level test for testing H0 : θ = θ0 versus Ha : θ = θ1, where θ0<θ1.(CR: (X(n) )n <k)
21. Let X1,X2,...,Xn be a random sample from a normal population with mean µ and known
variance . What is the likelihood ratio test of size for testing the null hypothesis Ho :
µ = µo versus the alternative hypothesis Ha : µ µo?
22. Let X1,X2,...,Xn be a random sample from a normal population with mean µ and
unknown variance . What is the likelihood ratio test of size for testing the null
hypothesis Ho : µ = µo versus the alternative hypothesis Ha : µ µo?
23. Let X1,X2,...,Xn be a random sample from a normal population with known mean µ and
variance . What is the likelihood ratio test of significance of size for testing the null
hypothesis Ho : = versus Ha : ?
24. Let X1,X2,...,Xn be a random sample from a normal population with unknown mean µ
and variance . What is the likelihood ratio test of significance of size for testing the
null hypothesis Ho : = versus Ha : ?
25. A random sample of size 4 is taken from a normal distribution with unknown mean µ and
variance > 0. To test Ho : µ = 0 against Ha : µ < 0 the following test is used: “Reject
 Ho if and only if X1+X2+X3+X4 <20.” Find the value of σ so that the significance level
of this test will be closed to 0.14. (σ=9.26)
26. Let X1,X2,...,X25 be a random sample of size 25 drawn from a normal distribution with
unknown mean µ and variance = 100. It is desired to test the null hypothesis µ = 4
against the alternative µ = 6. What is the power at µ = 6 of the test with rejection rule:
reject µ = 4 if ? (0.6915)
27. A fabric manufacturer believes that the proportion of orders for raw materials arriving
late is p=0.6. If a random sample of 50 orders are selected and the critical region is
defined to be x 24, where x is the number of orders in our sample that arrived late, use
normal approximation to
(i) find the probability of committing a type I error if the true proportion is p=0.6.
(P(x≤24| p=0.6)
(ii) find the probability of committing a type II error for the alternative p=0.3.
P(x>24|p=0.3)
28. A manufacturer has developed a new fishing line, which he claims has a mean breaking
strength of 15 kg with an SD of 0.5 kg. To test the hypothesis that µ=15 kg against the
alternative that µ<15 kg, a random sample of 50 lines will be tested. The critical region is
defined to be <14.9. Assume that is correct.
(a) Find the probability of committing type I error when H0 is true.P(
(b) Evaluate for the alternatives µ=14.8 and µ=14.9.P(