Chapter 6 Statistical Inference 259BARTLETT2(values, category) Returns the p value of the Bartlett test
statistic for values in the values column.
Samples are indicated in the category
column. StatPlus required.
LEVENE(column1,
column2,.. .)Returns the p value of the Levene test
statistic for values in column1, column2,
and so forth. StatPlus required.
LEVENE2(values, category) Returns the p value of the Levene test
statistic for values in the values column.
Samples are indicated in the category
column. StatPlus required.The values of these test statistics will also be displayed in the output of
StatPlus’s two-sample t test command.Applying the t Test to Two-Sample Data
The Nursing Home workbook contains data from a random sample of nurs-
ing homes collected by the Department of Health and Social Services in
New Mexico in 1988. The following variables were collected:Table 6-6 Nursing Home data
Range Name Range Description
Beds A2:A53 The number of beds in the home
Medical_Days B2:B53 Annual medical inpatient days (hundreds)
Total_Days C2:C53 Annual total patient days (hundreds)
Revenue D2:D53 Annual total patient care revenue
($hundreds)
Salaries E2:E53 Annual nursing salaries ($hundreds)
Expenses F2:F53 Annual facility expenses ($hundreds)
Location G2:G53 Rural and nonrural homesTo open the Nursing Home workbook:1 Open the Nursing Home workbook from the Chapter06 folder.
2 Save the workbook as Nursing Home Analysis to the same folder.
The workbook appears as shown in Figure 6-18.