Confidence interval for multiple comparisons

Reference no: EM1316469

Ms. Gene Dempsey manages the emergency care center;at the Bell Grove Medical Center. One of her responsibili- ties is to have enough nurses so that incoming patients needing service can be handled promptly. It is stressful for patients to wait a long time for emergency care even when their care needs are not life threatening. Ms. Dempsey gathered the following information regarding the number of patients over the last several weeks. The center is no open on weekends. Does it appear that there are any differences in the number of patients served by the day of the week? If there are differences, which days seem to be the busiest?

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
38	28	28	30	35
35	25	22	21	32
37	29	27	28	35
37	26	28	23	33

Use 5% significant level.

(a) State the hypothesis (H_o: or H_a:)

(b) Show you calculation for SST, SSC and SSE.

(d) Verify your answer of part c using excel or Minitab.

(e) Conclusion of your analysis.

(f) If the test conducted reveals that hypothesis should be rejected, which days seem to be the busiest?

Use a 95% confidence interval for multiple comparisons. Show your calculation by hand between Monday and Tuesday. Match your answer with Minitab output. Attach Minitab output.

Reference no: EM1316469

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