One-Way ANOVA Is Applied to Independent Samples Taken from Three

question 4

Multiple Choice

One-way ANOVA is applied to independent samples taken from three normally distributed populations with equal variances. Which of the following is the null hypothesis for this procedure?

• A)m ₁ + m ₂ + m ₃ = 0
• B)m ₁ + m ₂ + m ₃ ¹ 0
• C)m ₁ = m ₂ = m ₃ = 0
• D)m ₁ = m ₂ = m ₃

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