Avon Products has a 24 hour distribution facility in Newark, Delaware, that fulf

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Avon Products has a 24 hour distribution facility in Newark, Delaware, that fulfills orders for the cosmetic maker’s sales representatives. To compare the efficiency of three different distribution lines, random business days were selected and the number of orders processed for each line over four hour intervals was recorded. The following ANOVA results apply. What is the response variable?
One-way ANOVA: Line 1, Line 2, Line 3

Method

Null hypothesis All means are equal
Alternative hypothesis At least one mean is different
Significance level = 0.05

Analysis of Variance

Source DF Adj SS Adj MS F-Value P-Value
Factor   2 179461   89730     9.05    0.003
Error   15 148774    9918
Total   17 328235

Select one:

a. number of orders processed

b. order processing time

c. number of lines

d. cosmetics

e. distribution facility

Explanation / Answer

Response variable is dependent variable.

Here it is the number of orders processed

A) is correct

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