Use the Minitab Display to Test the Indicated Claim

question 10

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.
Using a 0.05 significance level, test the claim that the interaction between employee and machine has no effect on the number of items produced. State your conclusion about the null hypothesis and the claim.

• A) Reject the null hypothesis. There does not appear to be an interaction effect.
• B) Reject the null hypothesis. There appears to be an interaction effect.
• C) Fail to reject the null hypothesis. There does not appear to be an interaction effect.
• D) Fail to reject the null hypothesis. There appears to be an interaction effect.

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