Question 16.56

16.56 Drive-thru customer service.

Exercise 7.57 (page 395) considered data gathered by QSRMagazine .com in the assessment of drive-thru customer service for the fast-food chains Taco Bell and McDonald’s. Consider in this exercise the comparison between two competing burger fast-food chains: Burger King and Wendy’s.19 Responses ranged from “rude (1)” to “very friendly (5).” The following table breaks down the responses according to two of the chains studied.

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Rating
Chain 1 2 3 4 5
Burger King 11 28 92 117 51
Wendy’s 6 17 70 134 98

Is there evidence that one restaurant chain has systematically higher satisfaction ratings than the other?