Paired T Test
1. **State the problem:** We want to test if the fuel economy of E10 fuel is the same as regular unleaded fuel using a paired t-test at a 5% significance level.
2. **Data given:**
E10: $9.6, 11.2, 9.2, 14.1, 11.5, 9.2, 11.8, 12.3, 12.0, 10.3$
Regular unleaded: $10.7, 11.8, 9.3, 13.4, 12.4, 9.5, 12.2, 13.1, 12.8, 11.0$
3. **Hypotheses:**
- Null hypothesis $H_0$: The mean difference $\mu_d = 0$ (no difference in fuel economy).
- Alternative hypothesis $H_a$: The mean difference $\mu_d \neq 0$ (there is a difference).
4. **Formula for paired t-test:**
$$ t = \frac{\bar{d} - \mu_0}{s_d / \sqrt{n}} $$
where $\bar{d}$ is the mean of differences, $s_d$ is the standard deviation of differences, $n$ is the number of pairs, and $\mu_0=0$ under $H_0$.
5. **Calculate differences (E10 - Regular):**
$$ d = [-1.1, -0.6, -0.1, 0.7, -0.9, -0.3, -0.4, -0.8, -0.8, -0.7] $$
6. **Calculate mean difference $\bar{d}$:**
$$ \bar{d} = \frac{-1.1 -0.6 -0.1 +0.7 -0.9 -0.3 -0.4 -0.8 -0.8 -0.7}{10} = \frac{-5.0}{10} = -0.5 $$
7. **Calculate standard deviation $s_d$ of differences:**
First find squared deviations from mean:
$$ (d_i - \bar{d})^2 = [(-1.1 + 0.5)^2, (-0.6 + 0.5)^2, (-0.1 + 0.5)^2, (0.7 + 0.5)^2, (-0.9 + 0.5)^2, (-0.3 + 0.5)^2, (-0.4 + 0.5)^2, (-0.8 + 0.5)^2, (-0.8 + 0.5)^2, (-0.7 + 0.5)^2] $$
$$ = [0.36, 0.01, 0.16, 1.44, 0.16, 0.04, 0.01, 0.09, 0.09, 0.04] $$
Sum = 2.4
$$ s_d = \sqrt{\frac{2.4}{10-1}} = \sqrt{0.2667} \approx 0.5164 $$
8. **Calculate t-statistic:**
$$ t = \frac{-0.5 - 0}{0.5164 / \sqrt{10}} = \frac{-0.5}{0.1632} \approx -3.06 $$
9. **Degrees of freedom:** $df = n-1 = 9$
10. **Find critical t-value for two-tailed test at $\alpha=0.05$ and $df=9$:**
$$ t_{crit} \approx \pm 2.262 $$
11. **Decision:** Since $|t| = 3.06 > 2.262$, we reject the null hypothesis.
12. **Conclusion:** There is significant evidence at the 5% level to conclude that the fuel economy of E10 is different from regular unleaded.
**Using a GDC:**
- Enter the differences into a list.
- Use the T-Test function with $\mu_0=0$, paired data.
- The GDC will output the t-statistic and p-value confirming the above calculations.
Final answer: Reject $H_0$. Fuel economies differ significantly.