The Following Table Shows the Weekly Total Sales (In Dollars)

question 55

Multiple Choice

The following table shows the weekly total sales (in dollars) at a small roadside vegetable for the months June through September.
$\begin{array}{ccccc}\hline \text { Month } &{\text { Weekly Sales }} \\\hline \text { June } & 1132 & 791 & 1006 & 990 \\\text { July } & 1060 & 1069 & 1007 & 1093 \\\text { August } & 1181 & 1143 & 1248 & 1223 \\\text { September } & 841 & 855 & 957 & 943 \\\hline\end{array}$
Perform a Tukey test to determine which pairs of means, if any, differ. Use the $\alpha = 0.01$ le significance.

• A) \(\mu _ { \text {June } } \neq \mu _ { \text {Aug } } , \mu _ { \mathrm { Aug } } \neq \mu _ { \text {Sept } }\)
• B) \(\mu _ { \text {July } } \neq \mu _ { \mathrm { Aug } }\)
• C) \(\mu _ { \mathrm { Aug } } \neq \mu _ { \mathrm { Sept } }\)
• D) There is not enough evidence to conclude that any of the means differ.

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Definitions:

Merchandise Inventory

Goods that a retailer or wholesaler purchases to sell to customers, held as an asset on the balance sheet.

Work in Process

Refers to partially finished goods that are still in the production process at the end of an accounting period.

Weighted Average

A calculation that takes into account the varying degrees of importance of the numbers in a data set, often used in calculating the cost of inventory or the average cost of capital.

Unit Cost

The cost incurred to produce, purchase, or acquire a single unit of a product or service.