There are three hospitals in the Tulsa, Oklahoma, area. The following data show the number of outpatient surgeries performed on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at each hospital last week. At the 0.05 significance level, can we conclude there is a difference in the mean number of surgeries performed by hospital or by day of the week?

	Number of Surgeries Performed
Day	St. Luke's	St. Vincent	Mercy
Monday	14	18	24
Tuesday	20	24	14
Wednesday	16	22	14
Thursday	18	20	22
Friday	20	28	24

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1.	Set up the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis.
	For Treatment:
	Null hypothesis
	H0: St. Luke's= St. Vincent= Mercy H0: St. Luke's St. Vincent Mercy

2.	Alternative hypothesis
	H1: Not all means are equal. H1: All means are equal.

3.	For blocks:
	Null hypothesis
	H0: Mon= Tue= Wed= Thu= Fri H0: Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

4.	Alternative hypothesis
	H1: All means are equal. H1: Not all means are equal.

5.	State the decision rule for .05 significance level.(Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

For Treatment:

RejectH0ifF>

For blocks:

RejectH0ifF>

6.	Complete the ANOVA table.(Round SS, MS andFto 2 decimal places.)

Source	SS	df	MS	F
Treatments
Blocks
Error
Total

7.	What is your decision regarding the null hypothesis?
	The decision for theFvalue (Treatment) at 0.05 significance is:
	RejectH0 Do not RejectH0

8.	The decision for theFvalue (Block) at 0.05 significance is:
	RejectH0 Do not RejectH0

9.	Can we conclude there is a difference in the mean number of surgeries performed by hospital or by day of the week?

There is(Click to select)no differencea differencein the mean number of surgeries performed by hospital or by day of the week.