ASQ (American Society for Quality) Routinely Conducts a "Salary Survey

question 7

Multiple Choice

ASQ (American Society for Quality) routinely conducts a "salary survey" of
Quality professionals. Suppose it is interested in determining if the industries within
Which quality professionals work affect their salaries. They have salary data from
Random samples taken in three different industries: (1 = Consumer Goods, 2 = Financial,
3 = Health Care) . Based on the partial ANOVA results shown below, the F statistic value
Is
One-way ANOVA: Salary versus Industry $$\begin{array} { l r r r r r } \text { Source } & \text { DF } & \text { SS } & \text { MS } & \text { F } & \text { P } \\\text { Industry } & 2 & 23343 & 11671 & & \\\text { Error } & 27 & 16589 & 614 & \\\text { Total } & 29 & 39932 & &\end{array}$$

• A) F = 19.01
• B) F = 1.407
• C) F = 48.7
• D) F = 0.499
• E) None of the above

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