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As part of an evaluation program, a sporting goods retailer wanted to Compare th

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Question

As part of an evaluation program, a sporting goods retailer wanted to Compare the downhill coasting speeds of 4 brands of bicycles. She took 3 of each brand and determined their maximum downhill speeds. The results are presented in miles per hour in the table below. True or False: Referring to Table 11-3, based on the Turkey-Kramer procedure with an overall level of significance of 0.05, the retailer would decide that there is no significant difference between any pair of mean speeds. True False

Explanation / Answer

Answer A True

ANOVA and multiple comparison results are given below.

ANOVA is significant and some pair of groups are significant.

ANOVA: Single Factor

SUMMARY

Groups

Count

Sum

Average

Variance

b

3

132

44

3.0000

t

3

114

38

1.0000

r

3

128

42.66666667

4.3333

s

3

134

44.66666667

2.3333

ANOVA

Source of Variation

SS

df

MS

F

P-value

F crit

Between Groups

81.3333

3

27.1111

10.1667

0.0042

4.0662

Within Groups

21.3333

8

2.6667

Total

102.6667

11

Level of significance

0.05

Tukey-Kramer Multiple Comparisons

Sample

Sample

Absolute

Std. Error

Critical

Group

Mean

Size

Comparison

Difference

of Difference

Range

Results

1: b

44

3

Group 1 to Group 2

6

0.942809042

4.271

Means are different

2: t

38

3

Group 1 to Group 3

1.333333

0.942809042

4.271

Means are not different

3: r

42.66667

3

Group 1 to Group 4

0.666667

0.942809042

4.271

Means are not different

4: s

44.66667

3

Group 2 to Group 3

4.666667

0.942809042

4.271

Means are different

Group 2 to Group 4

6.666667

0.942809042

4.271

Means are different

Other Data

Group 3 to Group 4

2

0.942809042

4.271

Means are not different

Level of significance

0.05

Numerator d.f.

4

Denominator d.f.

8

MSW

2.666667

Q Statistic

4.53

ANOVA: Single Factor

SUMMARY

Groups

Count

Sum

Average

Variance

b

3

132

44

3.0000

t

3

114

38

1.0000

r

3

128

42.66666667

4.3333

s

3

134

44.66666667

2.3333

ANOVA

Source of Variation

SS

df

MS

F

P-value

F crit

Between Groups

81.3333

3

27.1111

10.1667

0.0042

4.0662

Within Groups

21.3333

8

2.6667

Total

102.6667

11

Level of significance

0.05