A Researcher Hypothesizes That People, on Average, Spend More Money

question 30

Multiple Choice

A researcher hypothesizes that people, on average, spend more money a week on gasoline than on food or clothing. She conducts a one-way ANOVA involving Gasoline (M = $51.40) , Food (M = $24.57) and Clothing (M = $18.29) . If she makes the decision to reject the null hypothesis, what is the MOST specific conclusion she can draw?

• A) Money spent varies as a function of type of expense.
• B) Money spent on gasoline is greater than food or clothing.
• C) The money spent on the three expenses are all different from each other.
• D) The analysis supports the research hypothesis.

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