An engineer is comparing voltages for two types of batteries (K and Q) using a sample of 37 type K batteries and a sample of 58 type Q batteries. The mean voltage is measured as 8.54 for the type K batteries with a standard deviation of 0.225, and the mean voltage is 8.69 for type Q batteries with a standard deviation of 0.725. Conduct a hypothesis test for the conjecture that the mean voltage for these two types of batteries is different. Let μ1 be the true mean voltage for type K batteries and μ2 be the true mean voltage for type Q batteries.Use a 0.1 level of significance.

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Hypothesis Test states that we will accept null hypothesis.

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given that an engineer is comparing voltages for two types of batteries (K and Q).

where, [tex]\mu_1[/tex] = true mean voltage for type K batteries.

           [tex]\mu_2[/tex] = true mean voltage for type Q batteries.

So, Null Hypothesis, [tex]H_0[/tex] :  [tex]\mu_1 = \mu_2[/tex] {mean voltage for these two types of

                                                        batteries is same}

Alternate Hypothesis, [tex]H_1[/tex] : [tex]\mu_1 \neq \mu_2[/tex] {mean voltage for these two types of

                                                          batteries is different]

The test statistics we use here will be :

                     [tex]\frac{(X_1bar-X_2bar) - (\mu_1 - \mu_2) }{s_p\sqrt{\frac{1}{n_1}+\frac{1}{n_2} } }[/tex]  follows [tex]t_n__1 + n_2 -2[/tex]

where, [tex]X_1bar[/tex] = 8.54         and     [tex]X_2bar[/tex] = 8.69

                [tex]s_1[/tex]  = 0.225       and         [tex]s_2[/tex]     =  0.725

               [tex]n_1[/tex]   =  37           and         [tex]n_2[/tex]     =  58

               [tex]s_p = \sqrt{\frac{(n_1-1)s_1^{2}+(n_2-1)s_2^{2} }{n_1+n_2-2} } = \sqrt{\frac{(37-1)0.225^{2}+(58-1)0.725^{2} }{37+58-2} }[/tex]  =  0.585               Here, we use t test statistics because we know nothing about population standard deviations.

     Test statistics =  [tex]\frac{(8.54-8.69) - 0 }{0.585\sqrt{\frac{1}{37}+\frac{1}{58} } }[/tex] follows [tex]t_9_3[/tex]

                             = -1.219

At 0.1 or 10% level of significance t table gives a critical value between (-1.671,-1.658) to (1.671,1.658) at 93 degree of freedom. Since our test statistics is more than the critical table value of t as -1.219 > (-1.671,-1.658) so we have insufficient evidence to reject null hypothesis.

Therefore, we conclude that mean voltage for these two types of batteries is same.

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