(c) The vendor claims that the standard deviation in the weight of the sacks is less than 2 kg. Construct an appropriate confidence interval at confidence level 1 - a = 0.95 for the variance and test the vendor's claim.

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A shipment of 1000 sacks of oranges arrives at a distribution centre in Edinburgh, one of
10 such facilities in Scotland. The sender quotes a nominal weight of 20 kg and a standard
deviation of no more than 2000 g per sack. A random sample of 10 sacks is selected and
weighed, giving a mean of x = 20.77 kg and variance S = 4.85 kg2. Throughout this
exercise you should assume a Gaussian model for the data.
(a) Show that the sample mean coincides with the maximum likelihood estimator (MLE)
for fl while the sample variance differs from the MLE for o2. Why is the MLE for the
variance not the preferred choice for small samples?
(b) Assume that the true standard deviation is (as claimed by the sender) is 2000 g and
perform a hypothesis test regarding the claim that the average sack weight is 20 kg
using the above data at a level of significance a = 0.05 and compute the appropriate
p-value. You:
may assume that most of the imported oranges in Scotland arrive through
this specific distribution centre. Further compute the power of the test if the true mean
is given by ₁ = 22.
(c) The vendor claims that the standard deviation in the weight of the sacks is less than
2 kg. Construct an appropriate confidence interval at confidence level 1-a = 0.95 for
the variance and test the vendor's claim.
Transcribed Image Text:Question 1 A shipment of 1000 sacks of oranges arrives at a distribution centre in Edinburgh, one of 10 such facilities in Scotland. The sender quotes a nominal weight of 20 kg and a standard deviation of no more than 2000 g per sack. A random sample of 10 sacks is selected and weighed, giving a mean of x = 20.77 kg and variance S = 4.85 kg2. Throughout this exercise you should assume a Gaussian model for the data. (a) Show that the sample mean coincides with the maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) for fl while the sample variance differs from the MLE for o2. Why is the MLE for the variance not the preferred choice for small samples? (b) Assume that the true standard deviation is (as claimed by the sender) is 2000 g and perform a hypothesis test regarding the claim that the average sack weight is 20 kg using the above data at a level of significance a = 0.05 and compute the appropriate p-value. You: may assume that most of the imported oranges in Scotland arrive through this specific distribution centre. Further compute the power of the test if the true mean is given by ₁ = 22. (c) The vendor claims that the standard deviation in the weight of the sacks is less than 2 kg. Construct an appropriate confidence interval at confidence level 1-a = 0.95 for the variance and test the vendor's claim.
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