The Grand Strand Family Medical Center is specifically set up to treat minor med

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The Grand Strand Family Medical Center is specifically set up to treat minor medical emergencies for visitors to the Myrtle Beach area. There are two facilities, one in the Little River Area and the other in Murrells Inlet. The Quality Assurance Department wishes to compare the mean waiting time for patients at the two locations. Assume the population standard deviations are not the same. Samples of the waiting times, reported in minutes, follow:


Location Waiting Time
Little River 31.73 28.77 29.53 22.08 29.47 18.60 32.94 25.18 29.82 26.49
Murrells Inlet 22.93 23.92 26.92 27.20 26.44 25.62 30.61 29.44 23.09 23.10 26.69 22.31

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At the 0.05 significance level, is there a difference [Little River - Murrells Inlet] in the mean waiting time?
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The degrees of freedom is . (Round down your answer to the nearest whole number.)
Reject H0 if t < or t > . (Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answers to 3 decimal places.)
The test statistic is . (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Decision: (Click to select)Do not reject.Reject.

Explanation / Answer

The degrees of freedom is 14. (Round down your answer to the nearest whole number.)
Reject H0 if t <-2.145 or t >2.145 . (Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answers to 3 decimal places.)
The test statistic is . 1.10(Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Decision: (Click to select)Do not reject.Reject.

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