Statistics for Engineers and Scientists
Statistics for Engineers and Scientists
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780073401331
Author: William Navidi Prof.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 5.7, Problem 6E

A sample of 10 diesel trucks were run both hot and cold to estimate the difference in fuel economy. The results, in mpg, are presented in the following table. (From “In-use Emissions from Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicles,” J. Yanowitz, Ph.D. thesis, Colorado School of Mines, 2001.)

Truck Hot Cold
1 4.56 4.26
2 4.46 4.08
3 6.49 5.83
4 5.37 4.96
5 6.25 5.87
6 5.90 5.32
7 4.12 3.92
8 3.85 3.69
9 4.15 3.74
10 4.69 4.19

Find a 98% confidence interval for the difference in mean fuel mileage between hot and cold engines.

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Statistics for Engineers and Scientists

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Find a 95% lower confidence...Ch. 5.2 - Refer to Exercise 2. Find a 98% upper confidence...Ch. 5.2 - Refer to Exercise 4. Find a 99% lower confidence...Ch. 5.2 - A random sample of 400 electronic components...Ch. 5.2 - Refer to Exercise 9. 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