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The modulus of elasticity of structural components was measured one minute after loading. The same samples were tested again after 4 weeks. The following table shows the values of modulus of elasticity in both cases.Conduct an appropriate hypothesis test for the true average difference between the modulus in the two cases. Clearly state your conclusions.. Data is also available
Sample Number | After 1 minute | After 4 weeks |
1 | 10490 | 9110 |
2 | 16620 | 13250 |
3 | 17300 | 14720 |
4 | 15480 | 12740 |
5 | 12970 | 10120 |
6 | 17260 | 14570 |
7 | 13400 | 11220 |
8 | 13900 | 11100 |
9 | 13630 | 11420 |
10 | 13260 | 10910 |
11 | 14370 | 12110 |
12 | 11700 | 8620 |
13 | 15470 | 12590 |
14 | 17840 | 15090 |
15 | 14070 | 10550 |
16 | 14760 | 12230 |
In this case we cannot make use of independent samples t-test, rather we will make use of a paired t-test.
Let the subscript 1 denote the reading after 1 minute, and 2 denote the readings after 4 weeks.
The hypotheses are:
H0: 1 = 2
Ha: 1 > 2
The results as obtained from excel are shown below:
As seen in the result above, the p-value (shown in green) for this one tailed hypothesis test is much less than the significance level of 0.05
Thus the result is significant, and we have to reject the null hypothesis.
Thus there is significant evidence that modulus of elasticity has decreased for the group in which reading is taken after 4 weeks.