The Table Below Shows Six Random Observations on the Number

question 68

Essay

The table below shows six random observations on the number of airline tickets booked on Orbitz per hour in the five months bracketing the summer travel season. State the most reasonable hypotheses. What test would a statistician probably use? How many total degrees of freedom? How many degrees of freedom for the treatment(s)? How many error degrees of freedom? Explain. Do not do the F-test.
$$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | c | } \hline \text { May } & \text { June } & \text { July } & \text { August } & \text { Sept } \\\hline 130 & 157 & 208 & 227 & 216 \\204 & 230 & 252 & 250 & 196 \\147 & 208 & 234 & 213 & 179 \\121 & 200 & 288 & 260 & 188 \\100 & 158 & 266 & 255 & 210 \\120 & 234 & 266 & 292 & 211 \\\hline\end{array}$$

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