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Questions 13 through 16: The corrosion loss (in mm) was measured for eight speci

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Questions 13 through 16: The corrosion loss (in mm) was measured for eight specimens of a certain steel alloy (that had been immersed in brine). The qqplot and summary statistics are shown below 25% 0.3688 0.02 0.3429 0.35365 0.3709 0.3792 0.4007 8 mean S 0% 50% 751 100% n 15-1045 10 1S 13. Are the assumptions for using a t-based confidence interval satisfied for this data? Justify your response. 14. Regardless of your answer in #13, construct a 95% confidence interval for the mean corrosion loss. Give your answer to 3 decimal places. 15. Interpret your confidence interval from #14. STAT360 Exam 2 6 16. Will the 99% confidence interval be wider or narrower than the confidence interval from #147

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Solution13:

Yes normality assumptions satified from qq plot.

The observations are lying on the starigh line which is theortical distribution line.

And also

mean=median

0.3688=0.3709

50% is median value

approximately equal

so follows ND

Solution14:

can construct confidence intervals

alpha=0.05

alpha/2=0.05/2=0.025

degrees of freedom=n-1=8-1=7

t crit=2.365

95% confidence inetrval for true mean is

sample mean-t crit*smaplesd/sqrt(n),sample mean+t crit*smaplesd/sqrt(n)

0.3688-2.365*0.02/sqrt(8),0.3688+2.365*0.02/sqrt(8)

0.352,0.385

lower limit=0.352

upper limit=0.385

0.352<mu<0.385

Solution15:

we are 95% confident that thetrue mean corrsoin loss lies in between 0.352 and 0.385

in 5% of the times only

Solution16:

99% CI for mean

alpha=0..01

alpha/2=0.01/2=0.005

t crit=3.499

0.3688-3.499*0.02/sqrt(8),0.3688+3.499*0.02/sqrt(8)

0.344,0.394

interval is wider

99% is wider than 95%