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22. The Full Moon and Emergency Room Visits. Is there a difference in emergency room visits before, during, and after a full moon? A study looked at the admission rate (number of patients per day) to the emergency room of a Virginia mental health clinic over a series of 12 full moons. The data are provided in the table. Assume the data represent independent random samples. Is there evidence of a difference in emergency room visits before, during, and after the full moon? Test whether the population median number of emergency room visits is the same before, during, and after a full moon, using level of significance .
Before | During | After | |||
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6.4 | 11.5 | 5 | 13 | 5.8 | 13.5 |
7.1 | 13.8 | 13 | 16 | 9.2 | 13.1 |
6.5 | 15.4 | 14 | 25 | 7.9 | 15.8 |
8.6 | 15.7 | 12 | 14 | 7.7 | 13.3 |
8.1 | 11.7 | 6 | 14 | 11.0 | 12.8 |
10.4 | 15.8 | 9 | 20 | 12.9 | 14.5 |