Young and Hancock (J. Structural Engineering 2003) used tensile coupon tests to determine the materials properties of the test specimens. The coupon were taken from the center of the web plate in the longitudinal direction of the finished specimen and tested according to Australian standards. The samples were taken from two different groups. Six measurements of static 0.2% tensile-proof stress values were recorded from group 1 with mean population stress 450 MPa. Four measurements were recorded from group 2 with mean population stress 250 MPa. If sample standard deviations are 17.795 MPa and 9.129 MPa. respectively. estimate the probability that the sample mean tensile proof stress for group 1 is at least 150 MPa larger than that for group 2. It is reasonable to assume that the population variances of the tensile proof stress values for two groups are about the same.