A Researcher Wants to Investigate Whether There Is a Significant

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Essay

A researcher wants to investigate whether there is a significant difference in the average age of instructors, assistant professors, associate professors, and full professors at a university. The faculty members were selected at random and their ages were recorded. Use the collected data to complete the ANOVA chart given below
$\begin{array}{l}\text { Raw Data }\\\begin{array}{cccc}\hline \text { Instructors } & \begin{array}{c}\text { Assistant } \\\text { Professors }\end{array} & \begin{array}{c}\text { Associate } \\\text { Professors }\end{array} & \text { Professors } \\\hline 26 & 28 & 45 & 58 \\32 & 32 & 48 & 56 \\29 & 36 & 52 & 62 \\36 & 45 & 54 & 65 \\40 & 50 & 62 & 52 \\45 & 46 & 65 & 49 \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$

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