Carver Memorial Hospital's Surgeons Have a New Procedure That They

question 19

Multiple Choice

Carver Memorial Hospital's surgeons have a new procedure that they think will decrease the time to perform an appendectomy. A sample of 8 appendectomies using the old method had a mean of 38 minutes with a variance of 36 minutes, while a sample of 10 appendectomies using the experimental method had a mean of 29 minutes with a variance of 16 minutes. For a right-tailed test for equal means (assume equal variances) , the critical value at α = .10 is:

• A)1.746
• B)1.337
• C)2.120
• D)2.754

Understand the concept and types of hypotheses in research.

Learn how to formulate and differentiate between null, alternative, research, and implied hypotheses.

Grasp the concept of sampling and generalization from sample to population.

Develop the ability to identify and formulate research questions and hypotheses.

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