a) Construct a 95% lower bound on the ratio of the variance of forged steel to casted details. (b) From the above confidence interval, is there evidence to support the claim that the surface of forged steel has larger surface roughness variance than casted details? (c) Perform a hypothesis test to conclude if there is a difference between the mean roughnesses from the two samples. Use a test that is consistent with the conclusion from part (b).
Surface roughness of steel is investigated using Rz (a measure for surface roughness).
Rz is measured for 21 random places on the surface of forged details and 21 random places on the
surface of casted details and the summary statistics are as follows:
Sample mean
Sample
variance
Forge 95.81 101.06
Cast 98.57 40.16
Answer the following (use ? = 0.05 where needed):
(a) Construct a 95% lower bound on the ratio of the variance of forged steel to casted details.
(b) From the above confidence interval, is there evidence to support the claim that the
surface of forged steel has larger surface roughness variance than casted details?
(c) Perform a hypothesis test to conclude if there is a difference between the mean
roughnesses from the two samples. Use a test that is consistent with the conclusion from
part (b).
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