document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=277337>Question 277337</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Researchers at the Mayo Clinic have studied the effect of sound levels on patient healing and have<BR>\n" );
document.write( "found a significant association (louder hospital ambient sound level is associated with slower<BR>\n" );
document.write( "postsurgical healing). Based on the Mayo Clinic’s experience, Ardmore Hospital installed a new<BR>\n" );
document.write( "vinyl flooring that is supposed to reduce the mean sound level (decibels) in the hospital corridors.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The sound level is measured at five randomly selected times in the main corridor. (a) At &#945; = .05,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "has the mean been reduced? Show the hypotheses, decision rule, and test statistic. <BR>\n" );
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