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2.5.8 Hypothesis test for a single mean (A-level only)

2.5.8 Hypothesis test for a single mean (A-level only)

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Question 34

A high-precision semiconductor manufacturer claims that the mean etch depth, ddd nanometres, produced by their new 'Titan-X' laser system is greater than 120 nm. To investigate this claim, a quality control engineer measures the etch depth of a random sample of 16 etches and obtains the following summary statistics:

dˉ=123.6,s=7.2 \bar{d} = 123.6, \quad s = 7.2 dˉ=123.6,s=7.2

The depth of the etches may be assumed to be normally distributed.

a.

Stating your hypotheses clearly and using a 5% level of significance, test the claim made by the manufacturer.

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b.

The standard deviation of the etch depth for the previous generation 'Argon' laser system is 6.0 nm.

Stating your hypotheses clearly, test at the 5% level of significance whether or not there is evidence that the variance of the etch depth for the Titan-X variety is different from that of the Argon variety.

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