SCENARIO 10-2
a Realtor Wants to Compare the Mean Sales-To-Appraisal $\mathrm{A}: 1.2,1.1,0.9,0.4$

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SCENARIO 10-2
A realtor wants to compare the mean sales-to-appraisal ratios of residential properties sold in four neighborhoods (A, B, C, and D) .Four properties are randomly selected from each neighborhood and the ratios recorded for each, as shown below. $\mathrm{A}: 1.2,1.1,0.9,0.4$$\quad C: 1.0,1.5,1.1,1.3$
B: $2.5,2.1,1.9,1.6$$\quad \mathrm{D}: 0.8,1.3,1.1,0.7$
Interpret the results of the analysis summarized in the following table:
$\begin{array}{lcclcc}\hline \text { Source } & \text { df } & \text { SS } & \text { MS } & \text { F } & \text { PR }>\text { F } \\\hline \text { Neighborhoods } & & 3.1819 & 1.0606 & 10.76 & 0.001 \\\text { Error } & 12 & & & & \\\text { Total } & & 4.3644 & & &\end{array}$
-Referring to SCENARIO 10-2, what should be the decision for the Levene's test for homogeneity of variances at a 5% level of significance?

• A)Reject the null hypothesis because the p-value is smaller than the level of significance.
• B)Reject the null hypothesis because the p-value is larger than the level of significance.
• C)Do not reject the null hypothesis because the p-value is smaller than the level of significance.
• D)Do not reject the null hypothesis because the p-value is larger than the level of significance.

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