Because of the Cost of Producing Television Shows and the Profits

question 129

Essay

Because of the cost of producing television shows and the profits associated with successful shows,television network executives are keenly interested in public opinion.A network has recently developed three comedy series.The pilot of each series is shown in to 10 randomly selected people who evaluate each show on a 9-point scale where 1 = terrible and 9 = excellent.From the results shown below,can we infer at the 5% significance level that differences exist among the show's evaluations? $$\begin{array}{l}\text { Assessments of Television Shows }\\\begin{array} { | c | c c c | } \hline \text { Person } & \text { Show 1 } & \text { Show 2 } & \text { Show 3 } \\\hline 1 & 6 & 4 & 7 \\2 & 5 & 4 & 5 \\3 & 7 & 6 & 8 \\4 & 7 & 7 & 8 \\5 & 9 & 9 & 9 \\6 & 5 & 7 & 6 \\7 & 4 & 4 & 5 \\8 & 6 & 3 & 7 \\9 & 5 & 6 & 6 \\10 & 7 & 7 & 8 \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$$ H₀: ____________________
H₁: ____________________
Test statistic = ____________________
Critical Value = ____________________
Conclusion: ___________________________
Interpretation: _________________________________________________________

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Definitions:

Strokes

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Competitive

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Hard-Driving

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