[Solution] Doctor Art Longarm, the head of the Prescott Memorial Hospital, is concerned about the usage of the hospital by local residents. While Prescott
Question: Doctor Art Longarm, the head of the Prescott Memorial Hospital, is concerned about the usage of the hospital by local residents. While Prescott Memorial is the only hospital in the county, a new private hospital, Universal Hospital Company of the United States ( UHCUS ) is considering expanding to the county.
Doc Longarm is worried that with additional competition his bonus in future years could be cut from the $1 million he made last year to " just a few bucks ". Since he has a boat payment due each month and depends on his bonus to keep his prize sailboat, the " In your face " in sails and him in Champaign, he wants to analyze where his current patients come from.
He commissioned a study of where the current patients come from (found on the next page). First, state your null and research hypotheses, next compute the value of the chi-square for this and do the percentage for the cross-tabulation. From this data would you say that the relationship between the closeness of where the patients live and the frequency that they visit the hospital are related?
| Prescott Hospital Visits versus Distance | ||||
| Distance to Hospital | ||||
| Frequency of Visits | Close | Medium | Far | |
| Low | 1,000 | 1,030 | 1,050 | |
| Medium | 525 | 520 | 515 | |
| High | 475 | 450 | 435 | |
Deliverable: Word Document 