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A campus researcher wanted to investigate the factors that affect visitor travel

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Question

A campus researcher wanted to investigate the factors that affect visitor travel time in a complex, multilevel building on campus. Specifically, he wanted to determine whether different building signs (building maps versus wall signage) affect the total amount of time visitors require to reach their destination and whether that time depends on whether the starting location is inside or outside the building. Three subjects were assigned to each of the combinations of signs and starting locations, and travel time in seconds from beginning to destination was recorded. An Excel output of the appropriate analysis is given below:

Explanation / Answer

Completed ANOVA table

source of variation

SS

df

MS

F

signs

14008.33

1

14008.33

3.174213

starting Location

12288

1

12288

2.784395

Interaction

48

1

48

0.010877

within

35305.33

8

4413.167

Total

61649.67

11

Answer: C. 3.1742

source of variation

SS

df

MS

F

signs

14008.33

1

14008.33

3.174213

starting Location

12288

1

12288

2.784395

Interaction

48

1

48

0.010877

within

35305.33

8

4413.167

Total

61649.67

11