TABLE 11-8 An Important Factor in Selecting Database Software Is the Time

question 20

Short Answer

TABLE 11-8
An important factor in selecting database software is the time required for a user to learn how to use the system. To evaluate three potential brands (A, B and C) of database software, a company designed a test involving five different employees. To reduce variability due to differences among employees, each of the five employees is trained on each of the three different brands. The amount of time (in hours) needed to learn each of the three different brands is given below:

Below is the Excel output for the randomized block design:

-Referring to Table 11-8, what is the p-value of the F test statistic for testing the block effects?

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Definitions:

Serial-position Effect

A cognitive phenomenon where people tend to remember the first and last items in a series best, and the middle items worst.

Retrospective Memory

Memory for past events, activities, and learning experiences, as shown by explicit (episodic and semantic) and implicit memories.

Repetition

The act of doing or saying something over and over again to retain or improve the skill or memory.

Eidetic Imagery

The maintenance of detailed visual memories over several minutes.