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1 - 5 refer to the following situation: Because of a manpower shortage the State

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1 - 5 refer to the following situation: Because of a manpower shortage the State Highway Patrol has been forced to divide state roads under its jurisdiction into three categories: l-lightly patrolled. Il-moderately patrolled, and lll-heavily patrolled. A random sample of 20 roads was selected and the numbers of accidents reported on each during the previous 18 months was tabulated. Is there a difference in the mean numbers of accidents per road for the three categories? Use the.05 significance level. What is the obtained F value? 132.87 7.82 140.59 265.8

Explanation / Answer

Using technology, we get the following summary of one-way anova:

Hence, we get the F value of

F = 132.8671423 = 132.87 [ANSWER, A]

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Anova: Single Factor SUMMARY Groups Count Sum Average Variance Column 1 8 472 59 68.57143 Column 2 5 134 26.8 12.7 Column 3 7 61 8.714286 15.2381 ANOVA Source of Variation SS df MS F P-value F crit Between Groups 9726.321 2 4863.161 132.8671 4.19E-11 3.591531 Within Groups 622.2286 17 36.60168 Total 10348.55 19