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The compressive strength of concrete is being tested by a civil engineer who tests 1 2 specimens and obtains the following data: table [

The compressive strength of concrete is being tested by a civil engineer who tests 12 specimens and obtains the following data:
\table[[Concrete Strength, psi],[3891,4022,3952,3857],[3990,4039,3991,3978],[4051,3946,4185,4049]]
The concrete has been designed to have a strength no less than 4000 psi .
Part 1
(a) Generate and summarize appropriate descriptive statistics for this dataset.
(b) Check the assumption that the data is normally distributed. Include graphical display(s) in your answer. You may use MiniTab to generate the graphical displays.
(c) Let represent the true compressive strength of the concrete. Select an appropriate method to construct a one-sided confidence interval. Provide a justification for your method selection.
(d) Construct the one-sided confidence interval selected in (c). Provide hand calculations and verify your result using MiniTab
(e) Use the results of (d) to reach a conclusion. Do you think the strength specification of 4000 psi is being met? As an engineer, would you allow this concrete to be used in a constryction project? If not, discuss how
Part 2
Reconsider the problem above using a hypothesis test rather than a confidence interval.
(a) Clearly state the hypothesis to be tested.
(b) Select an appropriate method to construct a one-sided confidence interval.
(c) Follow the standard hypothesis test procedure demonstrated in class. Show your work for all steps and verify your result using MiniTab.
(d) Use the results of (c) to reach a conclusion. Do you reach the same conclusion reached in Part 1(e)?
The compressive strength of concrete is being

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