Statistics for Engineers and Scientists
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1. An article in the ASCE Journal of Energy
Engineering (1999, Vol. 125, pp. 59-75)
describes a study of the thermal inertia
properties of autoclaved aerated concrete used
as a building
material. Five samples of the material were
tested in a structure, and the average interior
temperatures (•C) reported were as follows:
23.01, 22.22, 22.04, 22.62, and 22.59.
1.1. Test the hypotheses H0 : µ =22.5 versus H1
:µ + 22.5, using a=0.05. Find the P-value
1.2. Explain how the question could be
answered by constructing a two-sided
confidence interval on the mean interior
temperature. Find the confidence interval.
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