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A Certain HMO Is Attempting to Show the Benefits of Managed

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A certain HMO is attempting to show the benefits of managed care to an insurance company. The HMO believes that certain types of doctors are more cost-effective than others. One theory is that certification level is an important factor in measuring the cost-effectiveness of physicians. To investigate this, the HMO obtained independent random samples of 29 physicians from each of the three certification levels-Board certified (C) ; Uncertified, board eligible (E) ; and Uncertified, board ineligible (I) -and recorded the total per-member, per-month charges for each (a total of 87 physicians) . In order to compare the mean charges for the three groups, the data will be subjected to an analysis of variance. Give the degrees of freedom appropriate for conducting the ANOVA F-test.

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