Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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Chapter 11 - Section 11.2 - Assess Your Understanding - Applying the Concepts - Page 550: 7b

Answer

$-t_{\frac{α}{2}}\lt t_0\lt t_{\frac{α}{2}}$: null hypothesis is not rejected. There is not enough evidence to conclude that there is a difference in the measurement of the muzzle velocity between device A and device B.

Work Step by Step

$d_i=A_i-B_i$ $d_1=0.6$ $d_2=-0.2$ $d_3=-0.2$ $d_4=0.2$ $d_5=-0.2$ $d_6=0.8$ $d_7=0.1$ $d_8=-0.1$ $d_9=1.1$ $d_{10}=-0.3$ $d_{11}=-0.4$ $d_{12}=0$ $d ̅=\frac{∑d_i}{n}=0.1167$ $s_d=\sqrt {\frac{∑(d_i-d ̅)^2}{n-1}}=0.4745$ $H_0:~µ_d=0$ versus $H_1:~µ_d\ne0$ $t_0=\frac{d ̅ }{\frac{s_d}{\sqrt n}}=\frac{0.1167}{\frac{0.4745}{\sqrt {12}}}=0.852$ $n=12$, so: $d.f.=n-1=11$ Two-tailed test: $t_{\frac{α}{2}}=t_{0.005}=3.106$ (According to Table VI, for d.f. = 6 and area in right tail = 0.005) Also, $-t_{\frac{α}{2}}=-3.106$ Since $-t_{\frac{α}{2}}\lt t_0\lt t_{\frac{α}{2}}$, we do not reject the null hypothesis.
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