A hospital conducted a study of the waiting time in its emergency room. The hospital has a

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A hospital conducted a study of the waiting time in its emergency room. The hospital has a main campus, along with three satellite locations. Management had a business objective of reducing waiting time for emergency room cases that did not require immediate attention. To study this, a random sample of 15 emergency room cases at each location were selected on a particular day, and the waiting time (recorded from check-in to when the patient was called into the clinic area) was measured. The results are stored in ERwaiting.
a. At the 0.05 level of significance, is there evidence of a difference in the median waiting times in the four locations?
b. Compare the results of (a) with those of Problem 11.9 (a) on page 428.

At the 0.05 level of significance, is there evidence of a difference in the mean waiting times in the four locations, state in 2 -3 sentences the decision rule you used and your conclusion

MainSatellite 1Satellite 2Satellite 3
120.0830.7575.8654.05
81.9061.8337.8838.82
78.7926.4068.7336.85
63.8353.8451.0832.83
79.7772.3050.2152.94
47.9453.0958.4734.13
79.8827.6786.2969.37
48.6352.4662.9078.52
55.4310.6444.8455.95
64.0653.5064.1749.61
64.9937.2850.6866.40
53.8234.3147.9776.06
62.4366.0060.5711.37
65.078.9958.3783.51
81.0229.7530.4039.17
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Basic Business Statistics Concepts And Applications

ISBN: 9780132168380

12th Edition

Authors: Mark L. Berenson, David M. Levine, Timothy C. Krehbiel

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