SCENARIO 11-12
a Student Team in a Business Statistics Course $H _ { 0 } : \mu _ { A } = \mu _ { B } = \mu _ { C } = \mu _ { D }$

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SCENARIO 11-12
A student team in a business statistics course designed an experiment to investigate whether the brand
of bubblegum used affected the size of bubbles they could blow. To reduce the person-to-person
variability, the students decided to use a randomized block design using themselves as blocks.
Four brands of bubblegum were tested. A student chewed two pieces of a brand of gum and then blew
a bubble, attempting to make it as big as possible. Another student measured the diameter of the
bubble at its biggest point. The following table gives the diameters of the bubbles (in inches) for the
16 observations.
-Referring to Scenario 11-12, the null hypothesis for the randomized block F test for the difference in the means is a) $H _ { 0 } : \mu _ { A } = \mu _ { B } = \mu _ { C } = \mu _ { D }$
b) $H _ { 0 } : \mu _ { K _ { y l e } } = \mu _ { \text {Sarah } } = \mu _ { \text {Leigh } } = \mu _ { \text {Issac } }$
c) $H _ { 0 } : M _ { A } = M _ { B } = M _ { C } = M _ { D }$
d) $H _ { 0 } : M _ { K y l e } = M _ { \text {Sarah } } = M _ { \text {Leigh } } = M _ { \text {Issac } }$

Understand the basic principles of inventory costing methods such as FIFO (First In, First Out).

Grasp the implications of variable and absorption costing on financial statements and decision making.

Comprehend the effects of production and sales levels on a company’s profits under different costing methods.

Recognize the impact of fixed and variable costs in cost accounting.

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