In: Statistics and Probability
R. Stichler et al. compared two methods of measuring treadwear in a paper. Eleven tires were each measured for treadwear by two methods: one based on weight, and the other on groove wear. The data, in thousands of miles, are in the table. Use the paired ?-test to answer the following: at the 5% significance level, do the data provide sufficient evidence to conclude that, on average, the two measurement methods give different results?
Weight Method ------------------- Groove Method -------------- Difference
30.5 | 28.7 | 1.8 |
30.9 | 25.9 | 5 |
31.9 | 23.3 | 8.6 |
30.4 | 23.1 | 7.3 |
27.3 | 23.7 | 3.6 |
20.4 | 20.9 | -.5 |
24.5 | 16.1 | 8.4 |
20.9 | 19.9 | 1 |
18.9 | 15.2 | 3.7 |
13.7 | 11.5 | 2.2 |
11.4 | 11.2 | .2 |
a. Hypotheses: ?0: ________________ ??: __________________
b. Compute the test statistic:
c. Determine the ?-value.
d. Reject null?
e. Interpret your result in a sentence.
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