Given Below Are the Analysis of Variance Results from a Minitab

question 17

Multiple Choice

Given below are the analysis of variance results from a Minitab display. Assume that you want to use a 0.05 significance level in testing the null hypothesis that the different samples come from populations with the same
Mean. Identify the p-value. $$\begin{array} { l | r | r | c | c | c } \text { Source } & \boldsymbol { D F } & \boldsymbol { S S } & \boldsymbol { M S } & \boldsymbol { F } & \boldsymbol { p } \\\hline \text { Factor } & 3 & 30 & 10.00 & 1.6 & 0.264 \\\hline \text { Error } & 8 & 50 & 6.25 & & \\\hline \text { Total } & 11 & 80 & & &\end{array}$$

• A) 6.25
• B) 1.6
• C) 10.00
• D) 0.264

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