Question

The manufacturer of hardness testing equipment uses​ steel-ball indenters to penetrate metal that is being tested.​ However, the manufacturer thinks it would be better to use a diamond indenter so that all types of metal can be tested. Because of differences between the two types of​ indenters, it is suspected that the two methods will produce different hardness readings. The metal specimens to be tested are large enough so that two indentions can be made.​Therefore, the manufacturer uses both indenters on each specimen and compares the hardness readings. Construct a​ 95% confidence interval to judge whether the two indenters result in different measurements.

​Note: A normal probability plot and boxplot of the data indicate that the differences are approximately normally distributed with no outliers.

Specimen	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Steel ball	51	57	61	71	68	54	65	51	53
Diamond	53	55	63	74	69	55	68	51	56

Construct a​ 95% confidence interval to judge whether the two indenters result in different​ measurements, where the differences are computed as​ 'diamond minus steel​ ball'.

The lower bound is...BLANK BOX

The upper bound is...BLANK BOX

Answer 1