. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Stat Plan Inference. 2008 Oct 1;138(10):2991–3004. doi: 10.1016/j.jspi.2007.11.012

Table 1.

Population of hospital’s appendectomy patients in the past year and observed data

Hospital (s)	M_s	Mean	Variance	Patient^* (t)
s=1 (County)	2	μ₁	$σ_{1}^{2}$	y₁₁	y₁₂
s=1 (County)	2	μ₁	$σ_{1}^{2}$
s=2 (Central)	4	μ₂	$σ_{2}^{2}$	y₂₁	y₂₂	y₂₃	y₂₄
s=2 (Central)	4	μ₂	$σ_{2}^{2}$	$2100 (Jane Blake)		$1400 (Sam Evans)	$2500 (Hong Yao)
s=3 (Mercy)	2	μ₃	$σ_{3}^{2}$	y₃₁	y₃₂	y₃₃
s=3 (Mercy)	2	μ₃	$σ_{3}^{2}$	$1700 (Mary Slokum)	$1900 (Juan Marcus)

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