If an Analysis of Variance Is Used for the Following

question 25

Multiple Choice

If an analysis of variance is used for the following data,what would be the effect of changing the value of M₁ to 20?? $$\begin{array} { l l } \text { Sample Data}\\\mathrm { M } _ { 1 } = 15 & \mathrm { M } _ { 2 } = 25 \\\mathrm { SS } _ { 1 } = 90 & \mathrm { SS } _ { 2 } = 70 \\\hline\end{array}$$

• A)?Increase SS_between and increase the size of the F-ratio.
• B)?Increase SS_between and decrease the size of the F-ratio.
• C)?Decrease SS_between and increase the size of the F-ratio.
• D)?Decrease SS_between and decrease the size of the F-ratio.

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