Question 14.112

fullmoon

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
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