In an accelerated failure test, components are operated under extreme conditions so that a substantial number will fail in a rather short time. In such a test involving two types of microchips, 620 chips manufactured by an existing process were tested, and 125 of them failed. Then, 820 chips manufactured by a new process were tested, and 130 of them failed. Find a 90% confidence interval for the difference between the proportions of failures for chips manufactured by the two processes. (Round the final answers to four decimal places.) The 90% confidence interval is ( . , ).

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Answer:

The 90% confidence interval is  [tex] 0.0097 <  p_1 -p_2 < 0.0773 [/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

From the question we are told that

   The first  sample size is [tex]n_1 =  620[/tex]

    The number of chips that failed is  k = 125

   The second sample size is [tex]n_2  =  820[/tex]

    The number of chips that fail is  [tex]u  = 130[/tex]

Generally the confidence level is  90% , hence the level of significance is  

    [tex]\alpha =  (100 - 90)\% [/tex]

=>  [tex]\alpha = 0.10 [/tex]

Generally from the normal distribution table the critical value  of  [tex]\frac{\alpha }{2}[/tex] is  

   [tex]Z_{\frac{\alpha }{2} } =  1.645[/tex]

Generally the first sample proportion is  

       [tex]\r p _1 =  \frac{125}{620}[/tex]

=>     [tex]\r p _1 = 0.202[/tex]

Generally the second  sample proportion is  

       [tex]\r p _1 =  \frac{130}{820}[/tex]

=>     [tex]\r p _1 = 0.1585[/tex]

Generally the standard error is mathematically represented as

[tex]SE =  \sqrt{\frac{\r p_1 (1 - \r  p_1)}{n_1} +\frac{\r p_2 (1 - \r  p_2)}{n_2}  }[/tex]    

=> [tex]SE =  \sqrt{\frac{0.202(1 - 0.202)}{620} +\frac{0.1585 (1 - 0.1585)}{820}  }[/tex]  

=>  [tex]SE = 0.0206[/tex]  

Generally the margin of error is mathematically represented as  

      [tex]E = Z_{\frac{\alpha }{2} } * SE[/tex]

=>     [tex]E = 1.645 * 0.0206[/tex]

=>    [tex]E =0.0338[/tex]

Generally 95% confidence interval is mathematically represented as  

      [tex](\r p_1 -\r p_2) -E <  p_1 - p_2 <  (\r p_1 -\r p_2) +E [/tex]

=>    [tex](0.202 -0.1585) -0.0338 <  p_1 - p_2 < (0.202 -0.1585) +0.0338 [/tex]

=>    [tex] 0.0097 <  p_1 - p_2 < 0.0773 [/tex]

     

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