A Marketing Manager Studied the Effect of Packaging on Sales

question 13

Multiple Choice

A marketing manager studied the effect of packaging on sales. Four designs were chosen: design 1 had three colors, design 2 had three colors and cartoons, design 3 had five colors, and design 4 had five colors and cartoons. The ANOVA table below analyzes the effects of varying the number of colors and adding cartoons on sales. This is an example of a two-factor factorial design. Analysis of Variance for Sales The estimate of the standard deviation  is given by:

• A)9.9.
• B)3.15.
• C)158.4.
• D)10.23.

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