Desert Samaritan Hospital in Mesa, Arizona, keeps records of emergency room traffic. Those records reveal that the times between arriving patients have a special type of reverse-J-shaped distribution called an exponential distribution. The records also show that the mean time between arriving patients is 8.78 minutes.

a. Use the technology of your choice to simulate four random samples of75 interarrival times each.

b. Obtain a normal probability plot of each sample in part (a).

c. Are the normal probability plots in part (b) what you expected? Explain your answer.

Short Answer

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a. The simulate four random samples of patient's samples are x=-log(1-rand(75,4))×8.7

b. A normal probability plot of each sample the plot will be,

c. As we can see in the figure the population distribution is normally distributed. The plot is not regular linear, the variables are not roughly normally distributed.

Step by step solution

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Part (a) Step 1: Given Information 

To explain simulate the random patients which has 75interarrival time for each with8.7mean time. The number of samples and mean of arrival.

n=75

Mean =8.7.

02

Part (a) Step 2: Explanation 

Let's take n=75

Then sing MATLAB create a random matrix which has the mean 8.7

We will use the function

x=F-1(pμ)

=-μln(1-p)

Here μis the mean of arrival time and pis the random sample.

p=rand(75,4)

μ=8.7

Put all the values into the above equation and get the random 4 samples such as

x=-ln(1-rand(75,4))×8.7

After solving the equation, we will get the answer.

03

Part (a) Step 3: Explanation 

Program:

Query:

We started by determining the quantity of samples.

Then make a matrix with an average arrival time of8.7.

We shall arrive at a solution after simplifying.

04

Part (b) Step 1: Given Information 

To determine the create a normal probability plot for the random sample from part (a).

The number of samples and mean of arrival is given.

n=75

Mean=8.7.

05

Part (b) Step 2: Explanation 

Then sing MATLAB create a random matrix which has the mean 8.7

We will use the function

x=F-1(pμ)

=-μln(1-p)

Here μis the mean of arrival time and pis the random sample.

p=rand(75,4)

μ=8.7

Put all the values into the above equation and get the random 4samples such as

x=-ln(1-rand(75,4))×8.7

After solving the equation, we will get the answer.

06

Part (b) Step 3: Explanation 

Program:

Query:

We began by calculating the number of samples required.

Make a matrix with an 8.7average arrival time.

After simplifying, we'll arrive at a solution.

Draw a graph of the samples' normal probability distribution.

07

Part (c) Step 1: Given Information 

Explain your answer what would you expect from normal probability plot from part (b).

08

Part (c) Step 2: Explanation 

The figure the population distribution is normally distributed.

If the probability plot is regular linear, the variables are roughly normally distributed; if the plot is not regular linear, the variables are not roughly normally distributed.

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