A Manufacturing Company Has Developed a New Specialized Hand Operated

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Essay

A manufacturing company has developed a new specialized hand operated can opener which can only be assembled manually. However, there are different methods for assembling the opener. The CEO of the company hires a research consultant to determine which of four methods is the fastest. Twenty employees were randomly assigned to a different method. After one hour, the average number of can openers assembled was recorded for each method. The mean number of openers that were assembled for each method are shown below along with other summary values. Conduct a one-way ANOVA with an α = .05. If appropriate, follow up with Tukey's HSD.

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