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Hospital Admissions The following data represent the diagnosis of a random sample of 20 patients admitted to a hospital. Determine the mode diagnosis. (FIGURE CAN'T COPY)
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The following data represent the diagnosis of a random sample of 20 patients admitted to a hospital. Determine the mode diagnosis. $$ \begin{array}{lll} \hline \text { Cancer } & \begin{array}{l} \text { Motor vehicle } \\ \text { accident } \end{array} & \begin{array}{l} \text { Congestive heart } \\ \text { failure } \end{array} \\ \hline \text { Gunshot wound } & \text { Fall } & \text { Gunshot wound } \\ \hline \text { Gunshot wound } & \begin{array}{l} \text { Motor vehicle } \\ \text { accident } \end{array} & \text { Gunshot wound } \\ \hline \text { Assault } & \begin{array}{l} \text { Motor vehicle } \\ \text { accident } \end{array} & \text { Gunshot wound } \\ \hline \begin{array}{l} \text { Motor vehicle } \\ \text { accident } \end{array} & \begin{array}{l} \text { Motor vehicle } \\ \text { accident } \end{array} & \text { Gunshot wound } \\ \hline \begin{array}{l} \text { Motor vehicle } \\ \text { accident } \end{array} & \text { Gunshot wound } \\ \hline \text { Fall } & \begin{array}{l} \text { Motor vehicle } \\ \text { accident } \end{array} \\ \hline \text { Source: Tamela Ohm, student at Joliet Junior College } \end{array} $$
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The community hospital is studying its distribution of patients. A random sample of 317 patients presently in the hospital gave the following information: Type of patient | Old rate of occurrences of these types of patients | Present number of occurrences of these types of patients Maternity ward | 20% | 65 Cardiac ward | 32% | 100 Burn ward | 10% | 29 Children's ward | 15% | 48 All other wards | 23% | 75 Using a 5% level of significance, test the claim that the distribution of patients in these wards has not changed.
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