Nursing Magazine reported results of a survey of more than 1800 nurses across the country concerning job satisfaction and retention. Nurses from Magnet hospitals describe the staffing situation in their units as follows.
Staffing Situation Percent
Desperately short of help- patient care has suffered 12
Short, but patient care hasn't suffered 32
Adequate 38
More than Adequate 12
Excellent 6
A survey of 500 nurses from nonmagnet hospitals gave the following responses to the staffing situations.
Staffing Situation Percent
Desperately short of help- patient care has suffered 165
Short, but patient care hasn't suffered 140
Adequate 125
More than Adequate 50
Excellent 20
Do the data indicate that the nurses from the nonmagnet hospitals have a different distribution of opinions? Use α = 0.05.
a. Solve using the p-value approach.
b. Solve using the classical approach.
c. Analyze the problem and type a short summary (1-2 paragraphs) of the results.