Use the Minitab Display to Test the Indicated Claim

question 57

Multiple Choice

Use the Minitab display to test the indicated claim. A manager records the production output of three employees who each work on three different machines for three different days. The sample results are given below and the Minitab results follow.
Assume that the number of items produced is not affected by an interaction between employee and machine. Using a 0.05 significance level, test the claim that the choice of employee has no effect on the number of items produced. What is the value of the test statistic, F ?

• A) F=0.1898
• B) F=0.2687
• C) F=5.2692
• D) F=53.7172

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