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MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

6th Edition

ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

Chapter1: Starting With Matlab

Section: Chapter Questions

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A machine makes catheters for use in heart tests. The machine is designed so that the mean diameter of the catheter it makes can change but the standard deviation can't. The population standard deviation is .05 mm. Right now the machine is supposed to be making catheters with a mean diameter of 2 mm. During production an inspector checks the diameter of catheters to see if the machine has slipped out of the adjustment. A random sample of 50 catheters is taken. If the mean diameter for the sample is 2.04 mm, does this indicate the machine has slipped out of adjustment and the population average diameter of the catheter is no longer 2mm. The best test to use in this situation is a

Definition Definition Measure of central tendency that is the average of a given data set. The mean value is evaluated as the quotient of the sum of all observations by the sample size. The mean, in contrast to a median, is affected by extreme values. Very large or very small values can distract the mean from the center of the data. Arithmetic mean: The most common type of mean is the arithmetic mean. It is evaluated using the formula: μ = 1 N ∑ i = 1 N x i Other types of means are the geometric mean, logarithmic mean, and harmonic mean. Geometric mean: The nth root of the product of n observations from a data set is defined as the geometric mean of the set: G = x 1 x 2 ... x n n Logarithmic mean: The difference of the natural logarithms of the two numbers, divided by the difference between the numbers is the logarithmic mean of the two numbers. The logarithmic mean is used particularly in heat transfer and mass transfer. ln x 2 − ln x 1 x 2 − x 1 Harmonic mean: The inverse of the arithmetic mean of the inverses of all the numbers in a data set is the harmonic mean of the data. 1 1 x 1 + 1 x 2 + ...

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