TABLE 11-3 As Part of an Evaluation Program, a Sporting Goods Retailer

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TABLE 11-3
As part of an evaluation program, a sporting goods retailer wanted to compare the downhill coasting speeds of 4 brands of bicycles. She took 3 of each brand and determined their maximum downhill speeds. The results are presented in miles per hour in the table below.
Trial Barth Tornado Reiser Shaw
1 43 37 41 43
2 46 38 45 45
3 43 39 42 46
-Referring to Table 11-3, using an overall level of significance of 0.05, the critical value of the Studentized range Q used in calculating the critical range for the Tukey-Kramer procedure is ________.

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Definitions:

Materials Quantity Variance

The difference between the expected quantity of materials to be used in production and the actual quantity used, calculated in terms of cost.

Standard Quantity

The expected amount or volume of a specific input or material required in the production of goods or services.

Materials Price Variance

The difference between the actual cost of materials and the expected cost based on standard pricing, used to evaluate cost management.

Purchasing Department

A division within a business that is responsible for acquiring goods and services needed for operations.