Applied Statistics in Business and Economics
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780077837303
Author: David Doane, Lori Seward Senior Instructor of Operations Management
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 10, Problem 54CE
A study revealed that the 30-day readmission rate was 31.5 percent for 400 patients who received after-hospital care instructions (e.g., how to take their medications) compared to a readmission rate of 38.5 percent for 400 patients who did not receive such information. (a) Set up the hypotheses to see whether the readmission rate was lower for those who received the information. (b) Find the p-value for the test. (c) What is your conclusion at α = .05? At α = .01?
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