The Heating Bills for a Selected Sample of Houses Using $\alpha$

question 103

Essay

The heating bills for a selected sample of houses using various forms of heating are given below. (Values are in dollars.)

a.At $\alpha$ = 0.05, test to see if there is a significant difference among the average heating bills of the homes. Use the p-value approach.
b.Test the above hypotheses using the critical value approach. Let $\alpha$ = .05.

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