Samples Were Drawn from Three Populations $n _ { 1 } = 9 , n _ { 2 } = 9$

question 44

Multiple Choice

Samples were drawn from three populations. The sample sizes were $n _ { 1 } = 9 , n _ { 2 } = 9$ , and $n _ { 3 } = 9$ . The sample means were $\bar { x } _ { 1 } = 1.51 , \bar { x } _ { 2 } = 1.68$ , and $\bar { x } _ { 3 } = 1.40$ . The sample standard deviations were $s _ { 1 } = 0.40 , s _ { 2 } = 0.28$ , and $s _ { 3 } = 0.44$ . The grand mean is $\bar { x } = 1.53$ . How many degrees of freedom are there for SSTr.

• A) 2
• B) 3
• C) 24
• D) 23

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