Student's T-Distribution and its Applications

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Student's T-Distribution and its Applications: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Student's T-distribution, Paired T-test and, Tests of Hypotheses for Mean

Important Questions on Student's T-Distribution and its Applications

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The samples size of two types of electric bulbs were tested for life (in hours) and the following data were obtained.

  TYPE-I TYPE-II
Number of units 8 7
Mean of the samples (in hrs.) 1134 1024
Standard deviation of the samples (in hrs) 35 40

Test the hypothesis that the population means are equal at 5% level of significance and state the null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis.

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The marks secured by n1=9 students in Statistics and that of n2=12 Students in Business Mathematics are given below:

Marks in Statistics 65 74 64 58 60 67 71 69 75      
Marks in Business
Mathematics
52 45 59 47 53 64 58 62 54 61 57 48

Test whether the mean marks obtained by the students in Statistics and Business mathematics differ significantly at 1% level of significance.

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An IQ test was conducted to 5 Persons before and after they were trained. The results are given below:

Candidate I II III IV V
IQ before training 110 120 123 132 125
IQ after training 120 118 125 136 121

Test whether any change in IQ at 1% level of significance.

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The number of pages typed by 5 DTP-operators for 1 hour in the morning sessions are 10,12, 13, 8, 9 , and the number of pages typed by them in the afternoon are 11, 15, 12, 10, 8. Is there any significant difference in the mean number of pages typed?

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Samples of two types of electric bulbs were tested for life (in hours) and the following data were obtained.

  sample 1 sample 2
Number of units n1=8 n2=7
Mean of the samples (in hrs.) x¯1=1134 x¯2=1024
Standard deviation of the samples (in hrs) S1=35 S2=40

Test the hypothesis that the population means are equal at 5% level of significance.

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The heights (in feet) of 6 rain trees in a town A are 30,28, 29, 32, 31, 36 and that of 8 rain trees in another town B are 35, 36, 37, 30, 32, 29, 35, 30. Is there any significant difference in mean heights of rain trees?

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The average run of cricket player from the past records is 80. The recent scores of the player in 6 test matches are 84, 82837983 and 85. Test whether the average run is more than 80

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A random sample of 10 packets containing cashew nuts weigh (in grams) 70,120,110,101,88,83,95,98,107,100 each. Test whether the population mean weight of 100 grams?

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A random sample of ten students is taken and their marks in a particular subject are recorded. The average mark is 60 with standard deviation 6.5. Test the hypothesis that the average mark of students is 55.

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Based on small samples explain the procedure to test significance for equality of means of two normal populations.

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Explain the testing procedure to test the normal population mean, when population variance is unknown

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Write all the applications of t-distribution

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Write the standard error of the difference between sample means.

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To test the difference between normal population means, write the test statistic

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Which test will be more appropriate to test whether there is an increase in mean sales when a random sample of 6 salesmen was selected and the value of their sales made before and after the training is recorded.

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Find the standard deviation of the combined sample where s12 and s22 are respectively the variance of two independent random samples of sizes ‘m’ and ‘n'.