ONE SAMPLE RUNS TEST OF RANDOMNESS.

Example: A supervisor records the number of employees absent over a 30- day period. Test the claim that the number of employees absent occur at random, at = 0.05. 27 6 19 24 18 12 15 17 18 20 0 9 4 12 3 2 7 7 0 5 32 16 38 31 27 15 5 9 4 10

SOLUTION: Hypotheses: H0: The pattern of occurrences of number of employees absent occur at random.(claim) H1: The pattern of occurrences of number of employees absent is not random. Test statistics: Median = 15 Run, r = 6 , n1=14, n2 = 14

Critical value:

Lower critical value = 9 Upper critical value = 21

Decision: Since , we reject H0

Conclusion: There is enough evidence to reject the claim that the pattern of occurrences of number of employee absent not occur at random. So, we can conclude that the pattern of occurrences of number of employees absent is not random.