A Personal Computer Assembly Company Is Interested in Studying the Time

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Essay

A personal computer assembly company is interested in studying the time it takes to assemble a computer under different conditions. Specifically, two factors are to be controlled: Factor A (Sample) is the number of individual work stations in the line and Factor B (Columns) is whether the assembly was done on day shift, swing shift, or graveyard shift. The following data were obtained in the study where the response variable is the time required to assemble the PC from start to final test. Carry out the appropriate statistical tests using an alpha equal .05 level.

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