Food Irradiation
in Recent Years the Irradiation of Food to Reduce

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Essay

Food Irradiation
In recent years the irradiation of food to reduce bacteria and preserve the food longer has become more common.A company that performs this service has developed four different methods of irradiating food.To determine which is best,it conducts an experiment where different foods are irradiated and the bacteria count is measured.As part of the experiment the following foods are irradiated: meat,poultry,veal,tuna,and yogurt.The results are shown below.
$$\begin{array}{l}\text { Bactaria Count }\\\begin{array} { | l | c c c c | } \hline \text { Food } & \text { Method 1 } & \text { Method 2 } & \text { Method 3 } & \text { Method 4 } \\\hline \text { Meat } & 47 & 53 & 36 & 68 \\\text { Poulty } & 53 & 61 & 48 & 75 \\\text { Veal } & 68 & 85 & 55 & 45 \\\text { Tuna } & 25 & 24 & 20 & 27 \\\text { Yogurt } & 44 & 48 & 38 & 46 \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$$
-{Food Irradiation Narrative} Set up the ANOVA Table.Use $\alpha$ = 0.01 to determine the critical values.

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