Answered: A machine that paints traffic stripes…

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

6th Edition

ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

Chapter1: Starting With Matlab

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1P

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A machine that paints traffic stripes on roads is mounted on a truck and set to a width of 4 inches. Road crews adjust the mount to ensure the width is correct. A road inspector checks the width of 30 random stripes to see if the machine has slipped out of adjustment. The mean diameter for this sample is

x = 3.88 inches

with a standard deviation of

s = 0.5 inches.

Does this indicate that the machine has slipped out of adjustment and the average width of stripes is no longer

? = 4 inches?

Use a 5% level of significance.

Conduct a t test to examine whether the mean width of stripes is different from 4 inches.

(a)

Calculate the test statistic. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)

t =

(b)

Calculate the P-value. (Use technology. Round your answer to four decimal places.)

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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