Basic Business Statistics, Student Value Edition (13th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321946393
Author: Mark L. Berenson, David M. Levine, Kathryn A. Szabat
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Chapter 9, Problem 29PS
An insurance company has the business objective of reducing the amount of time it takes to approve applications for life insurance. The approval process consists of underwriting, which includes a review of the application, a medical information bureau check, possible requests for additional medical information and medical exams. and a policy compilation stage in which the policy pages ate generated and sent for delivery. The ability to deliver approved policies to customers in a timely manner is critical to the profitability of this service. During a period of one month. a random sample of 27 approved policies is selected. and the total processing time. in days, is collected. These data, stored in Insurance, are:
a. 1n the past, the
b. What assumption about the population distribution is needed in order to conduct the t test in (a)?
c. Construct a boxplot or a normal probability plot to evaluate the assumption made in (b).
d. Do you think that the assumption needed in order to conduct the t test in (a) is valid? Explain.
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An insurance company has the business objective of reducing the amount of time it takes to approve applications for life insurance. The approval process consists of underwriting, which includes a review of the application, a medical information check, possible requests for additional medical information and medical exams, and a policy compilation stage in which the policy pages are generated and sent for delivery. The ability to deliver approved policies to customers in a timely manner is critical to the profitability of this service. During a period of one month, you collect a random sample of 27 approved policies, and the total processing time, in days, are:
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Basic Business Statistics, Student Value Edition (13th Edition)
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