Question

A purchasing manager for a large university is investigating which brand of LCD projector to purchase to equip "smart" classrooms. Of major concern is the longevity of the light bulbs used in the projectors. The purchasing manager has narrowed down the choice of projector to two brands, Infocus and Proxima, and wishes to determine if there is any difference between the two brands in the mean lifetime of the bulbs used.

The purchasing manager obtained eleven projectors of each brand for testing over the last several academic terms. The number of hours the bulbs lasted on each of the eleven machines is given in the table.

	Lifetimes of light bulbs (hours)
Infocus	981, 873, 887, 895, 645, 968, 985, 963, 792, 922, 792
Proxima	894, 1003, 579, 759, 1084, 945, 846, 794, 727, 689, 920

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Assume that the two populations of lifetimes are normally distributed and that the population variances are equal. Can we conclude, at the

0.05

level of significance, that there is a difference in the mean lifetime of the light bulbs in the two brands?

Perform a two-tailed test. Then fill in the table below.

Carry your intermediate computations to at least three decimal places and round your answers as specified in the table.

The null hypothesis:	H0:
The alternative hypothesis:	H1:
The type of test statistic:	(Choose one)ZtChi squareF
The value of the test statistic: (Round to at least three decimal places.)
The two critical values at the 0.05 level of significance: (Round to at least three decimal places.)	and
Can we conclude that there is a difference in the mean lifetimes of the light bulbs in the two brands?		Yes	No

Answer 1

NULL HYPOTHESIS H0:

ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS Ha:

type of test statistic t

value of test statistic t= 0.771

critical values= 2.086

No. WE CAN NOT  conclude that there is a difference in the mean lifetimes of the light bulbs in the two brands.