A Manager Records the Production Output of Three Employees Who

question 71

Essay

A manager records the production output of three employees who each work on three different machines for
three different days. The sample results are given below and the Minitab results follow. Assume that the number of items produced is not affected by an interaction between employee and machine.
Using a 0.05 significance level, test the claim that the machine has no effect on the number of items produced.

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