A Random Sample of 16 Companies Was Selected and Asked

question 94

Multiple Choice

A random sample of 16 companies was selected and asked for their annual dividend rate in three different industries: utilities,banking,and insurance.The ANOVA comparing the mean annual dividend rate among three industries rejected the null hypothesis.The Mean Square Error (MSE) was 3.36.The following table summarized the results: Based on the comparison between the mean annual dividend for companies in the utilities and insurance industries,

• A)A confidence interval shows that the mean annual dividend rates are not significantly different.
• B)The ANOVA results show that the mean annual dividend rates are significantly different.
• C)A confidence interval shows that the mean annual dividend rates are significantly different.
• D)The ANOVA results show that the mean annual dividend rates are not significantly different.

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