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Researchers were interested in comparing two methods for estimating tire wear. The first method used the amount of weight lost by a tire. The second method used the amount of wear in the grooves of the tire. A random sample of 16tires was obtained. Both methods were used to estimate the total distance traveled by each tire. The table below provides the two estimates (in thousands of miles) for each tire.

(a) Construct and interpret a 95%confidence interval for the mean difference in the estimates from these two methods in the population of tires.

(b) Does your interval in part (a) give convincing evidence of a difference in the two methods of estimating tire wear? Justify your answer.

role="math" localid="1649913699288" TireWeightGrooveTireWeightGroove145.935.7930.423.1241.939.21027.323.7337.531.11120.420.9433.428.11224.516.1531.024.01320.919.9630.528.71418.915.2730.925.91513.711.5831.923.31611.411.2

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(a) We are 95%confident that the true population mean difference is between 2.8379and 6.2747.

(b) Yes, it gives convincing evidence of a difference in the two methods of estimating tire wear

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Part(a) Step 1: Given Information

Sample 1Sample 2Difference D45.935.710.241.939.22.737.531.16.433.428.15.33124730.528.71.830.925.9531.923.38.630.423.17.327.323.73.620.420.9-0.524.516.18.420.919.9118.915.23.713.711.52.211.411.20.2Mean4.5563Sd3.2255

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Part(a) Step 2: Explanation

The mean is the sum of all values divided by the number of values:

x=10.2+2.7++2.2+0.2164.5563

nis the number of values in the data set.

The variance is the sum of squared deviations from the mean divided byn-1:

localid="1650087093425" s2=(10.2-4.5563)2+..+(0.2-4.5563)216-110.4040

The standard deviation is the square root of the variance:

localid="1650087102851" s=10.40403.2255

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Part(a) Step 3: Calculation

Determine the t-value by looking in the row starting with degrees of freedom n-1=16-1=15and in the row with c=95%in table B :

t*=2.131

The margin of error is then:

localid="1650087135808" E=t*sn=2.1313.2255161.7184

Then the confidence interval becomes:

localid="1650087172012" 2.8379=4.5563-1.7184=x-E<<x+E=4.5563+1.7184=6.2747

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Part(b) Step 1: Given Information

Sample 1Sample 2Difference D45.935.710.241.939.22.737.531.16.433.428.15.33124730.528.71.830.925.9531.923.38.630.423.17.327.323.73.620.420.9-0.524.516.18.420.919.9118.915.23.713.711.52.211.411.20.2Mean4.5563Sd3.2255

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Part(b) Step 2: Explanation

Confidence interval found in exercise part (a):

2.8925<<6.2201

The confidence interval does not contain 0and thus there is convincing evidence of a difference in the two methods of estimating tire wear.

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