Instruction 11-2
an Airline Wants to Select a Computer Software

question 35

Multiple Choice

Instruction 11-2
An airline wants to select a computer software package for its reservation system.Four software packages (1,2,3,and 4) are commercially available.The airline will choose the package that bumps as few passengers as possible during a month.An experiment is set up in which each package is used to make reservations for five randomly selected weeks.(A total of 20 weeks was included in the experiment. ) The number of passengers bumped each week is obtained,which gives rise to the following Microsoft
$$\begin{array}{l}\text { ANOVA }\\\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | l |l| l | } \hline \text { Source of Variation } & \text { SS } & d f & \text { MS } & F & P \text {-value } & F \text { crit } \\\hline \text { Between Groups } & 212.4 & 3 & & 8.304985 & 0.001474 & 3.238867 \\\hline \text { Within Groups } & 136.4 & & 8.525 & & & \\\hline & & & & & & \\\hline \text { Total } & 348.8 & & & & & \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$$
-Referring to Instruction 11-2,the total degrees of freedom is

• A)19.
• B)16.
• C)4.
• D)3.

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Definitions:

Coyotes

Medium-sized canids native to North America, known for their adaptability to varied habitats and resourcefulness, often symbolized in folklore and modern culture.

Sheep

Domesticated ruminant mammals, typically kept as livestock for their wool, meat, and milk, known for their flocking behavior.

CS

Conditioned Stimulus; in conditioning, a previously neutral stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response.

UCS

Unconditioned Stimulus refers to a stimulus that naturally brings about a particular response without a prior learning process.