TABLE 11-8
a Hotel Chain Has Identically Sized Resorts

question 149

Multiple Choice

TABLE 11-8
A hotel chain has identically sized resorts in 5 locations. The data that follow resulted from analyzing the hotel occupancies on randomly selected days in the 5 locations.
$\begin{array}{cccccc}\underline{\text { ROW }} &\underline{ \text { Caymen } }&\underline{ \text { Pennkamp }} & \underline{\text { California}}&\underline{ \text { Mayaquez}}& \underline{\text { Maui} } \\1 & 28 & 40 & 21 & 37 & 22 \\2 & 33 & 35 & 21 & 47 & 19 \\3 & 41 & 33 & 27 & 45 & 25\end{array}$
$$\begin{array}{l}\text { Analysis of Variance }\\\begin{array} { l r c c c c } \hline \text { Source } & \mathrm { df } & \text { SS } & \text { MS } & F & p \\\text { Location } & 4 & 963.6 & & 11.47 & 0.001 \\\text { Error } & 10 & 210.0 & & & \\\text { Total } & & & & & \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$$
-Referring to Table 11-8, what is the null hypothesis for Levene's test for homogeneity of variances?

• A)\( H_{0}: \mu_{A}=\mu_{B}=\mu_{C}=\mu_{D} \)
• B)\( H_{0}: \sigma_{A}^{2}=\sigma_{B}^{2}=\sigma_{C}^{2}=\sigma_{D}^{2} \)
• C) H₀ : M_A = M_B = M_C = M_D
• D)\( H_{0}: \pi_{A}=\pi_{B}=\pi_{C}=\pi_{D} \)

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