Discuss a difference in the mean waiting time


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Q1. The Grand Strand Family Medical Center is specifically set up to treat minor medical emergencies for visitors to the Myrtle Beach area. There are two facilities, one in the Little River Area and the other in Murrells Inlet. The Quality Assurance Department wishes to compare the mean waiting time for patients at the two locations. Samples of the waiting times, reported in minutes, follow:

Location                     Waiting Time

Little River    31.73  28.77  29.53  22.08  29.47 18.60  32.94  25.18  29.82  26.49

Murrells Inlet 22.93  23.92 26.92  27.20  26.44  25.62  30.61  29.44 23.09  23.10 26.69 22.31

At the .05 significance level, is there a difference in the mean waiting time?

Q2. A consumer buying cooperative tested the effective heating area of 20 different electric space heaters with different wattages. Here are the results.

Heater Wattage     Area

1           1,500         205

2              750          70

3           1,500         199

4           1,250         151

5           1,250         181

6           1,250         217

7           1,000           94

8           2,000         298

9           1,000         135

10         1,500         211

11         1,250         116

12            500           72

13            500           82

14         1,500         206

15         2,000         245

16         1,500         219

17            750           63

18         1,500         200

19         1,250         151

20            500           44

a. Compute the correlation between the wattage and heating area. Is there a direct or an indirect relationship?

b. Conduct a test of hypothesis to determine if it is reasonable that the coefficient is greater than zero. Use the .05 significance level.

c. Develop the regression equation for effective heating based on wattage.

d. Which heater looks like the "best buy" based on the size of the residual?

Q3. The Banner Mattress and Furniture Company wishes to study the number of credit applications received per day for the last 300 days. The information is stated below:

Number of Credit                           Frequency

Applications                             (Number of Days)

       0                                                      50

       1                                                      77

       2                                                      81

       3                                                      48

       4                                                      31

       5 or more                                            13

To interpret, there were 50 days on which no credit applications were received, 77 days on which only one application was received, and so on. Would it be reasonable to conclude that the population distribution is Poisson with a mean of 2.0? Use the .05 significance level. Hint: To find the expected frequencies use the Poisson distribution with a mean of 2.0. Find the probability of exactly one success given a Poisson distribution with a mean of 2.0. Multiply this probability by 300 to find the expected frequency for the number of days in which there was exactly one application. Determine the expected frequency for the other days in a similar manner.

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