Nursing Magazine reported results of a survey of more than 1

Nursing Magazine reported results of a survey of more than 1800 nurses across the country concerning job satisfaction and retention. Nurses from magnet hospitals (hospitals that successfully attract and retain nurses) describe the staffing situation in their units, in the first table. A survey of 490 nurses from non-magnet hospitals gave the responses to the staffing situation in the second table. Do the data indicate that the nurses from the nonmagnet hospitals have a different distribution of opinions? Use ? = .05.

(a) Find the test statistic. (Give your answer correct to two decimal places.)

Solution

Nursing Magazine reported results of a survey of more than 1800 nurses across the country concerning job satisfaction and retention. Nurses from magnet hospitals (hospitals that successfully attract and retain nurses) describe the staffing situation in their units, in the first table. A survey of 490 nurses from non-magnet hospitals gave the responses to the staffing situation in the second table. Do the data indicate that the nurses from the nonmagnet hospitals have a different distribution of opinions? Use ? = .05.

Staffing Situation

Percent

1. Desperately short of help-patient care has suffered

12.7

2. Short, but patient care hasn\'t suffered

33

3. Adequate

31.8

4. More than adequate

12.4

5. Excellent

10.1

Staffing Situation

1

2

3

4

5

Number

156

135

121

44

34

(a) Find the test statistic= 162.96

Goodness of Fit Test

observed

%

E=expected=%*100/490

O - E

(O - E)