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The Paired-t Interval Let 8 and 5,, denote the sample mean and sample standard deviation, respectively, for a random sample of n differences. If the distribution from which this sample was selected is normal, a condence interval for ud(i.e.,for,u.l #2) is given by 5d W 3 : (tcritical value) The t critical value is based on n | df. If n is |arge,the Central LimitTheorem ensures the validity of the interval without the normality assumption. Example 7.10 in the previous section gave data on the modulus of elasticity obtained 1 minute after loading in a certain conguration. The cited article also gave the values of modulus of elasticity obtained 4 weeks after loading for the same lumber specimens. The data is presented here. Observation 1 minute 4 weeks Difference 1 10,490 9110 1380 2 16,620 13,250 3370 3 17,300 14,720 2580 4 15,480 12,740 2740 5 12,970 10,120 2850 6 17,260 14,570 2690 7 13,400 11,220 2180 8 13,900 11,100 2800 9 13,630 11,420 2210 10 13,260 10,910 2350 11 14,370 12,110 2260 12 11,700 8620 3080 13 15,470 12,590 2880 14 17,840 15,090 2750 15 14,070 10,550 3520 16 14,760 12,230 2530 The normal quantile plot of the differences shown in Figure 7.11 appears to be reasonably straight, though the point on the far left deviates somewhat from a line determined by the other points. (Use of a formal inferential procedure presented in Chapter 8 indicates that it is reasonable to assume that the population distribution of the differences is approximately normal.) Difference 3500 2500 1500 Normal quantile 2 1 0 1 2 Figure 7.1 I Normal quantile plot of the differences from Example 7.|4 The sample consists of 16 pairs, so a 99% condence interval based on 15 (if requires the t critical value 2.947. With d = 2635.6 and 3,, = 508.64, the interval is 08.64 2635.6 : (2.947) 5: 2635.6 : 374.7 = (2260.9, 3010.3) VE We can be highly condent, at the 99% condence level, that the true average modulus of elasticity after 1 minute exceeds that after 4 weeks by between roughly 2261 MPa and 3010 MPa. This interval is rather wide, partly because of the high condence level and partly because there is a reasonable amount of variability in the sample differences. Although the two-sample 1' CI should not be used here because the l-minute observations are not independent of the 4-week observations, the resulting interval has limits of roughly 705 and 4566. This interval is a great deal wider than the cor- rect interval. The reason for this is that there is much less variability in the differ- ences than there is in either the l-minute observations or the 4-week observations (8,, = 509, 81 = 2056, and 32 = 1902)