In order to ensure the public's health and safety, state health inspectors are required to rate the
Question:
In order to ensure the public's health and safety, state health inspectors are required to rate the cleanliness and quality of all restaurants in the state. Restaurants that consistently score below a certain level often lose their licenses to operate. From a sample of 10 restaurants, two health inspectors give the ratings shown in the accompanying table, where a score of 10 denotes excellence in cleanliness and quality. The data are also on the text website, labeled Inspectors.
Restaurant Inspector A's Rating Inspector B's Rating 1 9 8 2 5 6 3 10 8 4 5 4 5 2 3 6 7 5 7 8 6 8 4 1 9 3 2 10 8 9
a. Using the sign test, specify the com peting hypotheses to determ ine w hether the ratings are significantly different between the tw o health inspectors.
b. Calculate the value o f the test statistic.
c. Calculate the p -value.
d. At the 5% significance level, do the data suggest that the ratings significantly differ?
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Business Statistics Communicating With Numbers
ISBN: 9780071317610
1st Edition
Authors: Kelly Jaggia