Chapter 8: Q86E (page 452)
Find the following probabilities for the standard normal random variable z:
Chapter 8: Q86E (page 452)
Find the following probabilities for the standard normal random variable z:
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Get started for freePredicting software blights. Relate to the Pledge Software Engineering Repository data on 498 modules of software law written in “C” language for a NASA spacecraft instrument, saved in the train. (See Exercise 3.132, p. 209). Recall that the software law in each module was estimated for blights; 49 were classified as “true” (i.e., the module has imperfect law), and 449 were classified as “false” (i.e., the module has corrected law). Consider these to be Arbitrary independent samples of software law modules. Experimenters prognosticated the disfigurement status of each module using the simple algorithm, “If the number of lines of law in the module exceeds 50, prognosticate the module to have a disfigurement.” The accompanying SPSS printout shows the number of modules in each of the two samples that were prognosticated to have blights (PRED_LOC = “yes”) and prognosticated to have no blights (PRED_LOC = “no”). Now, define the delicacy rate of the algorithm as the proportion of modules. That was rightly prognosticated. Compare the delicacy rate of the algorithm when applied to modules with imperfect law with the delicacy rate of the algorithm when applied to modules with correct law. Use a 99-confidence interval.
DEFECT*PRED_LOC crosstabulation
PRED_LOC | total | ||
no | yes | ||
DEFECT False True total | 440 29 429 | 49 20 69 | 449 49 498 |
Whistle-blowing among federal employees. Whistle blowing refers to an employee’s reporting of wrongdoing by co-workers. A survey found that about 5% of employees contacted had reported wrongdoing during the past 12 months. Assume that a sample of 25 employees in one agency are contacted and let x be the number who have observed and reported wrongdoing in the past 12 months. Assume that the probability of whistle-blowing is .05 for any federal employee over the past 12 months.
a. Find the mean and standard deviation of x. Can x be equal to its expected value? Explain.
b. Write the event that at least 5 of the employees are whistle-blowers in terms of x. Find the probability of the event.
c. If 5 of the 25 contacted have been whistle-blowers over the past 12 months, what would you conclude about the applicability of the 5% assumption to this
agency? Use your answer to part b to justify your conclusion.
Oil content of fried sweet potato chips. Refer to theJournal of Food Engineering (September 2013) study of the characteristics of fried sweet potato chips, Exercise 7.90 (p. 431). Recall that a sample of 6 sweet potato slices fried at 130° using a vacuum fryer yielded the following statistics on internal oil content (measured in gigagrams [Gg]): x1 = .178 Gg and s1 = .011 Gg. A second sample of 6 sweet potato slices was obtained, but these were subjected to a two-stage frying process (again, at 130°) in an attempt to
improve texture and appearance. Summary statistics on internal oil content for this second sample follows: x2 = .140 Gg and s2 = .002 Gg. Using a t-test, the researchers want to compare the mean internal oil content of sweet potato chips fried with the two methods. Do you recommend the researchers carry out this analysis? Explain.
Comparing taste-test rating protocols. Taste-testers of new food products are presented with several competing food samples and asked to rate the taste of each on a 9-point scale (where"dislike extremely" and"like extremely"). In the Journal of Sensory Studies (June 2014), food scientists compared two different taste-testing protocols. The sequential monadic (SM) method presented the samples one-at-a-time to the taster in a random order, while the rank rating (RR) method presented the samples to the taster all at once, side-by-side. Consider the following experiment (similar to the one conducted in the journal): 50 consumers of apricot jelly were asked to taste test five different varieties. Half the testers used the SM protocol and half used the RR protocol during testing. In a second experiment, 50 consumers of cheese were asked to taste-test four different varieties. Again, half the testers used the SM protocol and half used the RR protocol during testing. For each product (apricot jelly and cheese), the mean taste scores of the two protocols (SM and RR) were compared. The results are shown in the accompanying tables.
a. Consider the five varieties of apricot jelly. Identify the varieties for which you can conclude that "the mean taste scores of the two protocols (SM and RR) differ significantly at
b. Consider the four varieties of cheese. Identify the varieties for which you can conclude that "the mean taste scores of the two protocols (SM and RR) differ significantly at
c. Explain why the taste-test scores do not need to be normally distributed for the inferences, parts a and b, to be valid.
Given the following values of , , and , form a 90% confidence interval for
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