Sound Engineers Studied Factors That Might Affect the Output (In

question 1

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Sound engineers studied factors that might affect the output (in decibels) of a rock concert speaker system. The results of their ANOVA tests are shown (some information is missing) . $$\begin{array} { l r r l r l } \hline \text { Source of Variation } & { S S } & d f & M S & F & P \text {-value } \\\hline \text { Amplifier } & 99.02344 & & 99.02344 & & 0.005718 \\\text { Position } & 93.98698 & & 31.32899 & 3.215807 & 0.051003 \\\text { Interaction } & 10.15365 & 3 & 3.384549 & 0.347412 & 0.791505 \\\text { Error } & 155.875 & 16 & 9.742188 & & \\\\\text { Total } &359.0391 & 23& & & \\\hline\end{array}$$ Which is the number of amplifiers and positions tested?

• A)1, 3
• B)2, 4
• C)3, 5
• D)4, 1

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