The Makers of Furnace Filters Recently Conducted a Test to Determine

question 17

True/False

The makers of furnace filters recently conducted a test to determine whether the median number of particulates that would pass through their four leading filters was the same.A random sample of 6 of each type of filter was used with the following data being recorded:
If the Kruskal-Wallis test is used with an alpha = .01,the null hypothesis should be rejected and the managers should conclude that the four filters do not allow an equal median number of particulates.

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