Four Different Types of Fertilizers Are Used on Raspberry Plants $$\alpha$$

question 11

Multiple Choice

Four different types of fertilizers are used on raspberry plants. The number of raspberries on each randomly selected plant is given below. Use the Kruskal-Wallis test to find the critical value H to test the claim that there
Is no difference in the distribution of the populations. Use $$\alpha$$ = 0.05. $$\begin{array} { c c c c } \hline \text { Fertilizer 1 } & \text { Fertilizer 2 } & \text { Fertilizer 3 } & \text { Fertilizer 4 } \\\hline 11 & 10 & 11 & 8 \\10 & 13 & 8 & 10 \\11 & 10 & 9 & 8 \\12 & 10 & 8 & 9 \\12 & 10 & 7 & 10 \\11 & 11 & 8 & 9 \\\hline\end{array}$$

• A)7.815
• B)7.352
• C)6.531
• D)5.198

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