This database contains observations for 11 variables on US h

This database contains observations for 11 variables on U.S. hospitals. These variables include Geographic Region, Control, Service, Number of Beds, Number of Admissions, Census, Number of Outpatients, Number of Births, Total Expenditures, Payroll Expenditures, and Personnel. Geographic Region variable is coded from 1 to 7, and the numbers represent the following regions: 1 = South 2 = Northeast 3 = Midwest 4 = Southwest 5 = Rocky Mountain 6 = California 7 = Northwest Control is a type of ownership. Four categories of control are included in the database: 1 = government, nonfederal 2 = nongovernment, not-for-profit 3 = for-profit 4 = federal government Service is the type of hospital. The two types of hospitals used in this database are: 1 = general medical 2 = psychiatric Total Expenditures and Payroll variables are in units of $1,000. Questions: The administrators would like you to use the database to answer this question: Is there a significant difference in Personnel between hospitals that are general hospitals and those that are psychiatric? Use = 0.05. Directions: Be sure to include in your memo (for each question): • A table of descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviations (or variances), sample sizes) for each hospital type. • The test that should be used and the justification for using it. • The null and alternative hypotheses. • The test statistic. • The p-value (or critical value if the rejection region method is used). • The decision based on the PLAYR rule. • ]Plain language conclusions (i.e. how a hospital administrator might use the information).

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