SCENARIO 12-5 Four Surgical Procedures Currently Are Used to Install Pacemakers.If the Pacemakers.If

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SCENARIO 12-5
Four surgical procedures currently are used to install pacemakers.If the patient does not need to return for follow-up surgery,the operation is called a "clear" operation.A heart center wants to compare the proportion of clear operations for the 4 procedures,and collects the following numbers of patients from their own records:
Procedure

They will use this information to test for a difference among the proportion of clear operations using a chi-square test with a level of significance of 0.05.
-Referring to Scenario 12-5,the test will involve _____ degrees of freedom.

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Cost of Goods Sold

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