Gold Funds
an Investor Studied the Percentage Rates of Return

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Essay

Gold Funds
An investor studied the percentage rates of return of three different gold funds.Random samples of percentage rates of return for four periods were taken from each fund.The results appear in the table below:
$$\begin{array}{l}\text { Gold Funds Percentage Rates }\\\begin{array} { | c c c | } \hline \text { Fund 1 } & \text { Fund 2 } & \text { Fund 3 } \\\hline 12 & 4 & 9 \\15 & 8 & 3 \\13 & 6 & 5 \\14 & 5 & 7 \\17 & 4 & 4 \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$$
-{Gold Funds Narrative} Set up the ANOVA Table.Use $\alpha$ = 0.05 to determine the critical value.

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