Data from a Completely Randomized Design Are Shown in the Following

question 38

Multiple Choice

Data from a completely randomized design are shown in the following table.
For a one-way ANOVA using $\alpha$ = 0.05,the appropriate decision is ________.

• A) do not reject the null hypothesis \(\mu\)₁ \(\ge\)\(\mu\)₂ \(\ge\) \(\mu\)₃
• B) do not reject the null hypothesis \(\mu\)₁ \(\le\)\(\mu\)₂ \(\le\) \(\mu\)₃
• C) reject the null hypothesis \(\mu\)₁=\(\mu\)₂=\(\mu\)₃
• D) reject the null hypothesis \(\mu\)₁\(\neq\)\(\mu\)₂\(\neq\)\(\mu\)₃
• E) do not reject the null hypothesis \(\mu\)₁\(\neq\)\(\mu\)₂\(\neq\)\(\mu\)₃

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