The Results of an Experiment Comparing the Cycle Lengths of Three

question 126

Multiple Choice

The results of an experiment comparing the cycle lengths of three different brands of washing machines (N=33) indicated an overall mean square error of 2.58.The researcher believes that the brands 1 and 2 may be the most different as they have mean cycles of 31.8 (n=12) and 35.9 (n=10) .Using an alpha of 0.05, what would be the q obtained for this problem?

• A)3.44
• B)3.80
• C)2.86
• D)3.49
• E)3.82

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