A Local Consumer Reporter Wants to Compare the Average Costs

question 5

Multiple Choice

A local consumer reporter wants to compare the average costs of grocery items purchased at three different supermarkets, A, B, and C. Prices (in dollars) were recorded for a sample of 60 randomly
Selected grocery items at each of the three supermarkets. In order to reduce item-to-item
Variation, the prices were recorded for each item on the same day at each supermarket. Identify the blocks for this experiment.

• A)the day on which the data were collected
• B)the three supermarkets
• C)the 60 grocery items
• D)the 60 × 3 = 180 prices

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