A contractor who purchases a large number of fluorescent lightbulbs has been told by the manufacturer that
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A contractor who purchases a large number of fluorescent lightbulbs has been told by the manufacturer that these bulbs are not of uniform quality but rather have been produced in such a way that each bulb produced will, independently, either be of quality level A, B, C, D, or E, with respective probabilities .15, .25, .35, .20, .05. However, the contractor feels that he is receiving too many type E (the lowest quality) bulbs, and so he decides to test the producer’s claim by taking the time and expense to ascertain the quality of 30 such bulbs. Suppose that he discovers that of the 30 bulbs, 3 are of quality level A, 6 are of quality level B, 9 are of quality level C, 7 are of quality level D, and 5 are of quality level E. Do these data, at the 5 percent level of significance, enable the contractor to reject the producer’s claim?
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Introduction To Probability And Statistics For Engineers And Scientists
ISBN: 9780125980579
3rd Edition
Authors: Sheldon M. Ross