A Local Consumer Reporter Wants to Compare the Average Costs

question 29

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 dependent (response) variable for this experiment.

• A)the supermarkets
• B)the prices of the grocery items
• C)the mean prices of the grocery items at each supermarket
• D)the grocery items

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