Suppose as part of your job you are responsible for installing emergency lighting in a series of state office buildings. Bids have been received from four manufacturers of battery-operated emergency lights. The costs are about equal, so the decision will be based on the length of time the lights last before failing.
A sample of four lights from each manufacturer has been tested, with the following values (time in hours) recorded for each manufacturer:

Using α = 0.01, what conclusion for the four manufacturers should you reach about the median length of time the lights last before failing? Explain.

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Type A Type B Type C Type D 1,024 1.270 923 1,12 132520 983 1,250 1.426 190 1.087 1,022 322 221121