Questions from Engineering Statistics


Q: According to the Roanoke Times, McDonald’s sold 42.1%

According to the Roanoke Times, McDonald’s sold 42.1% of the market share of hamburgers. A random sample of 75 burgers sold resulted in 28 of them being from McDonald’s. Use material in Section 9.10 t...

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Q: It is claimed that a new diet will reduce a person’s weight

It is claimed that a new diet will reduce a person’s weight by 4.5 kilograms on average in a period of 2 weeks. The weights of 7 women who followed this diet were recorded before and...

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Q: A study was undertaken at Virginia Tech to determine if fire can

A study was undertaken at Virginia Tech to determine if fire can be used as a viable management tool to increase the amount of forage available to deer during the critical months in late winter and ea...

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Q: A health spa claims that a new exercise program will reduce a

A health spa claims that a new exercise program will reduce a person’s waist size by 2 centimeters on average over a 5-day period. The waist sizes, in centimeters, of 6 men who parti...

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Q: The Department of Civil Engineering at Virginia Tech compared a modified (

The Department of Civil Engineering at Virginia Tech compared a modified (M-5 hr) assay technique for recovering fecal coliforms in storm water runoff from an urban area to a most probable number (MPN...

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Q: An experiment was conducted to determine whether surface finish has an effect

An experiment was conducted to determine whether surface finish has an effect on the endurance limit of steel. There is a theory that polishing increases the average endurance limit (for reverse bendi...

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Q: An anthropologist is interested in the proportion of individuals in two Indian

An anthropologist is interested in the proportion of individuals in two Indian tribes with double occipital hair whorls. Suppose that independent samples are taken from each of the two tribes, and it...

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Q: A manufacturer of electric irons produces these items in two plants.

A manufacturer of electric irons produces these items in two plants. Both plants have the same suppliers of small parts. A saving can be made by purchasing thermostats for plant B from a local supplie...

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Q: It is argued that the resistance of wire A is greater than

It is argued that the resistance of wire A is greater than the resistance of wire B. An experiment on the wires shows the following results (in ohms): Assuming equal variances, what conclusions do y...

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Q: An alternative form of estimation is accomplished through the method of moments

An alternative form of estimation is accomplished through the method of moments. This method involves equating the population mean and variance to the corresponding sample mean ¯x and sample variance...

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