The postanesthesia care area (recovery room) at St. Luke’sHospital in Maumee, Ohio, was recently enlarged. The hope was thatthe change would increase the mean number of patients served perday to more than 25. A random sample of 15 days revealed thefollowing numbers of patients.
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| 25 | 27 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 29 | 25 | 27 | 24 |
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At the 0.01 significance level, can we conclude that the meannumber of patients per day is more than 25?
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- What is the decision rule? (Round your answer to 3decimal places.)
- Compute the value of the test statistic. (Round youranswer to 3 decimal places.)
- What is your decision regarding H0?
- Estimate the p-value.
