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Use the following to answer questions :
The marketing manager for a software company is trying to decide whether to market her company's newest product by mail,on television,or through the Internet.She selects 20 communities in which to test-market the product,advertising through one of the three media in each community.The following table shows the amount of sales,in hundreds of dollars,for each community:
Sales are normally distributed and the standard deviations are equal for all three methods of advertising.You are to test the hypothesis that the means are the same for all three treatments using the ANOVA method.
-What is the variance within samples,rounded to four decimal places?

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Definitions:

Minor-Points Close

A sales technique where the closing is based on the agreement of minor details or options related to the major purchase.

Alternative-Choice Close

A sales technique where the salesperson offers the prospect a choice between two options, both of which lead to a sale.

Organic Insecticides

Pest control substances made from natural ingredients, often plant-derived, used to manage insect populations without synthetic chemicals.

Compliment Close

A sales technique where praise or flattery is used towards the customer to encourage a purchase.