The City of Toronto comprises four districts. Chief of police Douglas Howard wants to determine whether there
Question:
The City of Toronto comprises four districts. Chief of police Douglas Howard wants to determine whether there is a difference in the mean number of crimes committed among the four districts. He recorded the number of crimes reported in each district for a sample of seven days. At the 0.05 significance level, can the chief of police conclude there is a difference in the mean number of crimes?
Number of Crimes | |||
North York | Etobicoke | Scarborough | Downtown |
14 | 20 | 13 | 17 |
13 | 21 | 12 | 16 |
15 | 13 | 14 | 17 |
14 | 18 | 15 | 18 |
15 | 19 | 13 | 15 |
14 | 18 | 12 | 20 |
15 | 19 | 15 | 18 |
Step 1: State the null and alternative hypothesis
Step 2: Select the level of significance
Step 3: Determine the test statistic
Step 4: Formulate the decision rule
Step 5: Make a decision and interpret the result (Organize data into appropriate ANOVA Tables for Analysis