Parida (1991) gives data from a load-controlled high-cycle fatigue test conducted on 130 chain links. The 130 links were selected randomly from a population of different heats used to manufacture the links. Each link was tested until failure or until it has run for 80 thousand cycles, which ever came first. There were 10 failures – each reported at 33, 46, 50, 56, 62, 71, 74, and 75 thousand cycles and 2 reported at 78 thousand cycles. The other 120 links had not failed by 80 thousand cycles. Compute the nonparametric estimate of  and corresponding standard errors. Compute a set of pointwise approximate 90% confidence interval for. Explain the proper interpretation of these intervals. The original paper reported that tested units had been selected from a random sample of heats. What might have happened in the experiment if all of the sample links had been selected from just one or two heats?

In a study comparing banks in two countries, a sample of 142 matched pairs of banks was formed. Each pair contained one bank from country x and one from country y. The pairings were made in such a way that the two members were as similar as possible in regard to such factors as size and age. The ratio of total loans outstanding to total assets was calculated for each of the banks. For this ratio, the sample mean difference (country x - country y) was 0.0579, and the sample standard deviation of the differences was 0.3086. Test, against a two-sided alternative, the null hypothesis that the two population means are equal. (Assume α = 0.01.) Click the icon to view the critical values of the Student's t distribution. Which of the following correctly states Ho and H₁ ? A. Ho: Mx Hy = 0 H₁: Hx-Hy >0 OC. Ho: Mx Hy ‡0 Hi HxHy=0 - O E. Ho: Mx Hy = 0 H₁: Hx-Hy <0 B. Ho: Mx Hy = 0 H₁: Hx-Hy #0 D. Ho: Hx-Hy = 0 H₁: Hx-Hy 20 OF. Ho: Mx Hy = = 0 H₁: Hx-Hy ≤0

A random sample of 160 car accidents are selected and categorized by the age of the driver determined to be at fault. The results are listed below. The age distribution of drivers for the given categories is 18% for the under 26 group, 39% for the 26-45 group, 31% for the 45-65 group, and 12% for the group over 65. Find the rejection region used to test the claim that all ages have crash rates proportional to their number of drivers.

A local bank has two branches in a cty: one in the business center of the city and another-in a residential area. The bank's operations manager wants to Improve front-office employee scheduling during the lunch hour (12:00-13:00) period. The manager starts with studying the customer walting times at the two branches and collects data for two groups of 35 customers at each branch. Customers at the business-center branch walted on average 3.8 minutes, whle those at the residential branch waited 4.4 minutes on average, Assume that the population standard deviations are 1.8 (business-center branch) and 2.5 tresidential branch). a. Considering the real-ife problem, determine the point estimate of the unknown quantity that needs to be estimated. (Round to two decimal places.) b. Determine the critical value needed to compute a Bs confidence interval (Round to two decimal places.) c. Compute the confidence interval the operations manager would be interested in computing using the confidence…

The authors of a paper compared two different methods for measuring body fat percentage. One method uses ultrasound, and the other method uses X-ray technology. The table gives body fat percentages for 16 athletes using each of these methods (a subset of the data given in a graph that appeared in the paper). For purposes of this exercise, you can assume that the 16 athletes who participated in this study are representative of the population of athletes. Athlete 0 Ho: Md = Ha: Md 0 < 0 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 X-ray 4.75 7.00 9.25 12.00 17.25 29.50 5.50 6.00 8.00 8.50 9.25 11.00 12.00 14.00 17.00 18.00 USE SALT Ultrasound 4.75 4.00 9.00 11.75 17.00 27.75 6.50 6.75 8.75 9.75 9.50 12.00 12.25 15.75 18.00 18.50 X Find the test statistic and P-value. (Use a table or SALT. Round your test statistic to one decimal place and your P-value to three decimal places.) t = P-value = 0.000 Mx-ray ultrasound.)

An experiment was conducted to compare the effectiveness of four training programs, namely, A, B, C, and D in training assemblers of a piece of electronic equipment. Twenty employees were randomly selected and assigned to each program, that is, five employees per program. After completion of the training courses, each person was required to assemble four pieces of equipment, and the length of time (in secs) to complete the assembly was recorded. The summary of the data gathered is recorded in the table. At α=0.10, test for the hypothesis that the assembly times for people trained are the same for the four programs.   A B C D x̄ 62.46 51.00 63.47 60.57 s 4.13 4.03 4.49 4.60 n 5 5 5 5   Suppose it makes sense to conduct a post-hoc analysis. We will use Tukey's test to make pairwise comparisons between means. The decision rule for Tukey's test would be as follows: "Reject H0 if |qc|>q0.10,K,L=M . Otherwise, fail to reject H0." 1. What is the value for the number of…

To evaluate the coagulation effects of three drugs, 30 healthy volunteers were randomly assigned into 3 groups and injected with different drugs. Their relevant coagulation times were measured as follows A(group=1): 36.8 34.4 34.3 35.7 33.2 31.1 34.3 29.8 35.4 31.2B(group=2): 40.0 35.5 36.7 39.3 40.1 36.8 33.4 38.3 38.4 39.8C(group=3): 32.9 37.9 30.5 31.1 34.7 37.6 40.2 38.1 32.4 35.6Questions: ① If you want to evaluate whether the coagulation effects of the three drugs are different, which method should be used? and what are the model assumptionsfor the application of this method?② Compare the difference of the coagulation effects among three drugs by SPSS,present the main results and make interpretation.③ Make pairwise comparisons of the efficacy of the three drugs, write out the method of pairwise comparison you adopted (just write one method) and the corresponding p-values.

In a Denver community, 50 cases of diabetes were reported among 15-19 years old out of a total population of 46,000 between September 1 to December 31, 2016. Ten percent (4,600) of the population were between 15-19 years old on April 1, 2016 and the size and age distribution of the population has remained constant. An investigation of the cases in the 15-19-year age group revealed that 22 of the reported cases were contracted prior to September 1. In addition, another 18 cases developed in April and May but were clinically resolved before September 1. What was the cumulative incidence rate of disease in 15-19 year olds per 1,000 population in this Denver community during the period September 1 to December 31, 2016?

The scientific productivity of major world cities was the subject of a recent study. The study determined the number of scientific papers published between 1994 and 1997 by researchers from each of the 20 world cities, and is shown below.   City Number of papers City Number of papers City 1 1616 City 11 33 City 2 2626 City 12 99 City 3 1212 City 13 2121 City 4 55 City 14 44 City 5 22 City 15 55 City 6 2626 City 16 44 City 7 66 City 17 2020 City 8 2525 City 18 1717 City 9 1616 City 19 2222 City 10 66 City 20 2525 Construct a 95 % confidence interval for the average number of papers published in major world cities. blank <μ<blank