Test a Hypothesis Regarding Three or More Means Using One $\mathrm { F }$

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Multiple Choice

Test a Hypothesis Regarding Three or More Means Using One -Way ANOVA
-Four different types of insecticides are used on strawberry plants. The number of strawberries on each randomly selected plant is given below. Find the critical value $\mathrm { F }$ -value to test the hypothesis that the type of insecticide makes no difference in the mean number of strawberries per plant. Use $\alpha = 0.01$ .

• A) \(4.94\)
• B) \(4.43\)
• C) \(26.69\)
• D) \(4.18\)

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