The Following Data Contains Task Completion Times, in Minutes, Categorized

question 171

Essay

The following data contains task completion times, in minutes, categorized according to the
gender of the machine operator and the machine used. $$\begin{array} { l c c } & \text { Male } & \text { Female } \\\text { Machine 1 } & 15,17 & 16,17 \\\text { Machine 2 } & 14,13 & 15,13 \\\text { Machine 3 } & 16,18 & 17,19\end{array}$$ Assume that two-way ANOVA is used to analyze the data. How are the ANOVA results
affected if the times are converted to hours?

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