The Scottsdale fire department aims to respond to fire calls in 7 minutes or less, on average. Response times are normally distributed with a standard deviation of 1 minute 42 seconds. Would a sample of 18 fire calls with a mean response time of 7 minutes 21 seconds provide sufficient evidence to show that the goal is not being met at α = .01?

The Scottsdale fire department aims to respond to fire calls in 7 minutes or less, on average. Response times are normally distributed with a standard deviation of 1 minute 42 seconds. Would a sample of 18 fire calls with a mean response time of 7 minutes 21 seconds provide sufficient evidence to show that the goal is not being met at α = .01?

Practical Management Science

6th Edition

ISBN:9781337406659

Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Publisher:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Chapter14: Data Mining

Section14.2: Classification Methods

Problem 11P

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