Bell Grove Medical Center Ms. Gene Dempsey manages the emergency care center at Bell Grove Medical Center. One of her responsibilities is to have enough nurses so that incoming patients needing service can be handled promptly. It is stressful for patients to wait a long time for emergency care even when their care needs are not life threatening. Ms. Dempsey gathered the following information regarding the number of patients over the last several weeks. The center is not open on weekends.

Does it appear that there are any differences in the number of patients served by the day of the week? If there are differences, which days seem to be the busiest? Write a brief report summarizing your findings.

 

Date Day Patients 9-29-06 Monday 38 9-30-06 Tuesday 28 10-1-06 Wednesday 28 10-2-06 Thursday 30 10-3-06 Friday 35 10-6-06 Monday 35 10-7-06 Tuesday 25 10-8-06 Wednesday 22 10-9-06 Thursday 21 10-10-06 Friday 32 10-13-06 Monday 37 10-14-06 Tuesday 29 10-15-06 Wednesday 27 10-16-06 Thursday 28 10-17-06 Friday 35 10-20-06 Monday 37 10-21-06 Tuesday 26 10-22-06 Wednesday 28 10-23-06 Thursday 23 10-24-06 Friday 33