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Acrylic bone cement is commonly used in total joint replacement to secure the artificial joint. Data on the force (measured in Newtons, N) required to break a cement bond was determined under two different temperature conditions and in two different mediums appear in the following table.
Temperature | Medium | Data on Breaking Force |
22 degrees | Dry | 100.6, 142.7, 194.8, 118.4, 176.1, 213.1 |
37 degrees | Dry | 302.3, 339.3, 288.8, 306.8, 305.2, 327.5 |
22 degrees | Wet | 385.3, 368.2, 322.6, 307.4, 357.9, 321.4 |
37 degrees | Wet | 363.9, 376.5, 327.7, 331.9, 338.1, 394.6 |
(a) Estimate the difference between the mean breaking force in a
dry medium at 37 degrees and the mean breaking force at the same
temperature in a wet medium using a 90% confidence interval. (Round
your answers to one decimal place.)
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(b) Is there sufficient evidence to conclude that the mean breaking
force in a dry medium at the higher temperature is greater than the
mean breaking force at the lower temperature by more than 100
N? Test the relevant hypotheses using a significance level
of 0.10. (Use μhigher temperature −
μlower temperature. Round your test statistic
to two decimal places. Round your degrees of freedom to the nearest
whole number. Round your p-value to three decimal
places.)
t | = | |
df | = | |
P | = |
a)
Sample #1 ----> sample 1
mean of sample 1, x̅1= 311.65
standard deviation of sample 1, s1 =
18.39
size of sample 1, n1= 6
Sample #2 ----> sample 2
mean of sample 2, x̅2= 355.45
standard deviation of sample 2, s2 =
27.10
size of sample 2, n2= 6
difference in sample means = x̅1-x̅2 =
311.6500 - 355.5 =
-43.80
Degree of freedom, DF= n1+n2-2 =
10
t-critical value = t α/2 =
1.8125 (excel formula =t.inv(α/2,df)
pooled std dev , Sp= √([(n1 - 1)s1² + (n2 -
1)s2²]/(n1+n2-2)) = 23.1589
std error , SE = Sp*√(1/n1+1/n2) =
13.3708
margin of error, E = t*SE = 1.8125
* 13.3708 =
24.2340
difference of means = x̅1-x̅2 =
311.6500 - 355.450
= -43.8000
confidence interval is
Interval Lower Limit= (x̅1-x̅2) - E =
-43.8000 - 24.2340
= -68.0340
Interval Upper Limit= (x̅1-x̅2) + E =
-43.8000 + 24.2340
= -19.5660
CI (-68.0 , -19.6)
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B)
Ho : µ1 - µ2 = 100
Ha : µ1-µ2 > 100
Level of Significance , α =
0.1
Sample #1 ----> sample 1
mean of sample 1, x̅1= 311.65
standard deviation of sample 1, s1 =
18.39
size of sample 1, n1= 6
Sample #2 ----> sample 2
mean of sample 2, x̅2= 157.62
standard deviation of sample 2, s2 =
44.30
size of sample 2, n2= 6
difference in sample means = x̅1-x̅2 =
311.6500 - 157.6 =
154.03
pooled std dev , Sp= √([(n1 - 1)s1² + (n2 -
1)s2²]/(n1+n2-2)) = 33.9181
std error , SE = Sp*√(1/n1+1/n2) =
19.5826
t-statistic = ((x̅1-x̅2)-µd)/SE = (
154.0333 - 100 ) /
19.58 = 2.76
Degree of freedom, DF= n1+n2-2 =
10
p-value = 0.010 [excel
function: =T.DIST.RT(t stat,df) ]
Conclusion: p-value <α , Reject null
hypothesis
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