Loreto is a manager at the Da Vinci health centre. If the mean rate of patients arriving at the health centre exceeds 1.5 per minute then Loreto will employ extra staff. the number of patients arriving in any given time period follows a Poisson distribution. is assumed that Loreto performs a hypothesis test to determine whether she should employ extra staff. She finds that 320 patients arrived during a randomly selected 3-hour clinic. (a) (i) Write down null and alternative hypotheses for Loreto's test. (ii) Using the data from Loreto's sample, perform the hypothesis test at a 5% significance level to determine if Loreto should employ extra staff. Loreto is also concerned about the average waiting time for patients to see a nurse. The health centre aims for at least 95% of patients to see a nurse in under 20 minutes.
Loreto is a manager at the Da Vinci health centre. If the mean rate of patients arriving at the health centre exceeds 1.5 per minute then Loreto will employ extra staff. the number of patients arriving in any given time period follows a Poisson distribution. is assumed that Loreto performs a hypothesis test to determine whether she should employ extra staff. She finds that 320 patients arrived during a randomly selected 3-hour clinic. (a) (i) Write down null and alternative hypotheses for Loreto's test. (ii) Using the data from Loreto's sample, perform the hypothesis test at a 5% significance level to determine if Loreto should employ extra staff. Loreto is also concerned about the average waiting time for patients to see a nurse. The health centre aims for at least 95% of patients to see a nurse in under 20 minutes.
Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012
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Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability
Section11.4: Collecting Data
Problem 2E
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