Measure length of hospital stay


Assume we measure length of hospital stay (in days) for patients undergoing a particular surgical procedure. The mean is 3 days with a standard deviation of 3.2 days.

a. Does it appear that the length-of-stay data follow a normal distribution? Justify your answer briefly.

b. if a sample of 3.5 patients is selected, what is the probability that their mean length of stay is less than 2 days?

c.if a sample of 3.5 patients is selected, what is the probability that their mean length of stay is more than 5 days?

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