A Researcher Wants to Understand How an Annual Mortgage Payment

question 91

Multiple Choice

A researcher wants to understand how an annual mortgage payment (in dollars) depends on income level and zonal location using a two-way ANOVA without interaction. The data and an incomplete ANOVA table are shown below. At the 5% significance level, the critical value for the hypothesis test about factor A is ________.

• A) 3.46
• B) 5.14
• C) 7.26
• D) 10.92

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