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The values in the table below are measured maximum breadths (in millimeters) of

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Question

The values in the table below are measured maximum breadths (in millimeters) of male skulls from different epochs. Changes in head shape over time suggest that interbreeding occurred with immigrant populations. Use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that the different epochs all have the same mean.

4000 B.C   1850 B.C.   150 A.D.
131              129               128
138              134               138
125              136              138
129              137              139
132              137               141
135              129               142
132              136               135
134             138             145
136              134               137

Find the P-value

(round to three decimal places as needed)

Test the claim that the different epochs all have the same mean.

There is sufficient evidence to reject the claim that the different epochs have the same mean.

There is NOT sufficient evidence to reject the claim that the different epochs have the same mean.

Explanation / Answer

The statistical software output for this problem is:

Analysis of Variance results:
Data stored in separate columns.

Column statistics


ANOVA table

Hence,

P - value = 0.022

There is sufficient evidence to reject the claim that the different epochs have the same mean.

Column n Mean Std. Dev. Std. Error 4000 B.C. 9 132.44444 3.9086798 1.3028933 1850 B.C. 9 134.44444 3.3582403 1.1194134 150 A.D. 9 138.11111 4.8074017 1.6024672