document.write( "Question 181884: Hi,\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Can you please help me solve for this problem, it is from Doane−Seward: Applied
\n" ); document.write( "Statistics in Business and Economics, ch. 11. My guess was to find the mean of each hospital time. Example: Hospital A 10+19+5+26+11/5 = 14.2\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "But I feel like there is more to the problem, am I on the right track?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The waiting time (in minutes) for emergency room patients with non-life-threatening injuries was measured at four hospitals for all patients who arrived between 6:00 and 6:30 PM on a certain Wednesday. The results are shown below. Research question: Are the mean waiting times the same for emergency patients in these four hospitals?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Hospital A - 10, 19, 5, 26,11\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Hospital B - 8, 25, 17, 36\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Hospital C - 5, 11, 24, 16, 18, 29, 15\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Hospital D - 0, 20, 9, 5, 10, 12
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Algebra.Com's Answer #136515 by vleith(2983) $\"\"$ $\"About$

You can put this solution on YOUR website!
That is what I would do. I think you are spot on. \n" ); document.write( "

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