In: Statistics and Probability
A national manufacturer of ball bearings is experimenting with
two different processes for producing precision ball bearings. It
is important that the diameters be as close as possible to an
industry standard. The output from each process is sampled and the
average error from the industry standard is calculated. The results
are presented below.
Process A | Process B | |
Mean | 0.002mm | 0.0026mm |
Standard Deviation | 0.0001mm | 0.00012mm |
Sample Size | 25 | 12 |
The researcher is interested in determining whether there is
evidence that the two processes yield different average errors.
Assume that the population standard deviations are equal.
What is the degrees of freedom?
a.) 34
b.) 36
c.) 35
d.) 37