Exhibit 13-7 The Following Is Part of an ANOVA Table, Which Was

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Exhibit 13-7
The following is part of an ANOVA table, which was the results of three treatments and a total of 15 observations.
-Three different brands of tires were compared for wear characteristics. For each brand of tire, ten tires were randomly selected and subjected to standard wear testing procedures. The average mileage obtained for each brand of tire and sample standard deviations (both in 1000 miles) are shown below. Use the above data and test to see if the mean mileage for all three brands of tires is the same. Let Alpha = 0.05.

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