BUS 2810 - FALL 2023

HOMEWORK 10
DUE DATE: 11/13/2023 AT 11:59 PM (DROPBOX)

1. Variation "within" the ANOVA treatments represents

A. random variation.
B. differences between group means.
C. differences between group variances.
D. the effect of sample size.

2. Which is not an assumption of ANOVA?

A. normality of the treatment populations
B. homogeneous treatment variances
C. independent sample observations
D. equal population sizes for groups

3. In an ANOVA, when would the F-test statistic be zero?

A. when there is no difference in the variances
B. when the treatment means are the same
C. when the observations are normally distributed
D. the F-test statistic cannot ever be zero.

4. Which is the Excel function to find the critical value of F for α = .05, df1 = 3, df2 = 25?
A. =F.DIST(.05, 2, 24)
B. =F.INV.RT(.05, 3, 25)
C. =F.DIST(.05, 3, 25)
D. =F.INV(.05, 2, 24)

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5. Which Excel function gives the right-tail p-value for an ANOVA test with a test statistic
Fcalc = 4.52, n = 29 observations, and c = 4 groups?
A. =F.DIST.RT(4.52, 3, 25)
B. =F.INV(4.52, 4, 28)
C. =F.DIST(4.52, 4, 28)
D. =F.INV(4.52, 3, 25)

6. In a one-factor ANOVA, the computed value of F will be negative

A. when there is no difference in the treatment means.
B. when there is no difference within the treatments.
C. when the SST (total) is larger than SSE (error).
D. under no circumstances.

7. Degrees of freedom for the between-group variation in a one-factor ANOVA with n1 = 5,

n2 = 6, n3 = 7 would be
A. 18.
B. 17.
C. 6.
D. 2.

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 8. Given the following ANOVA table (some information is missing), find the F statistic.

Source Sum of df Mean Square F

Squares
Treatment 744.00 4

Error 751.50 15

Total 1,495.50 19

A. 3.71
B. 0.99
C. 0.497
D. 4.02

9. Given the following ANOVA table (some information is missing), find the critical value
of F.05.

Source Sum of Squares df Mean F F.05

Square
Treatment 744.00 4

Error 751.50 15

Total 1,495.50 19

A. 3.06
B. 2.90
C. 2.36
D. 3.41

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 10. Refer to the following partial ANOVA results from Excel (some information is missing).

Source of Variation SS df MS F P-value

Between groups 210.2778 0.064139

Within groups 1483 74.15

Total 2113.833

At α = .05, the difference between group means is

A. highly significant.
B. barely significant.
C. insignificant.
D. cannot determine.

It Is going to be significant. The key is in if it’s barely or not, at a .64 value, In the
end it’s not enough and it’s still just barely.

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 11. Sound levels are measured at random moments under typical driving conditions for
various full-size truck models. The Excel ANOVA results are shown below.
Mean Standard n
Deviation
Big Bruin 57.44 8.944 6
Gran Conto 56.50 6.361 8
MaxRanger 64.51 3.983 7
Oso Grande 54.15 4.166 10
Overall 57.73 6.824 31
Source SS d.f MS
Between 462.4 3 154.1
Within 934.70 27 34.6
Total 1,397.10 30

The test statistic to compare the five means simultaneously is

A. 2.96.
B. 15.8.
C. 5.56.
D. 4.45.

12. Refer to the following partial ANOVA results from Excel (some information is missing).

ANOVA Table SS df MS F
Source
Treatment 44,757 11,189

Error 89,025 55 1,619

Total 133,782 59

The number of treatment groups is

A. 5.
B. 4.
C. 3.
D. impossible to ascertain from given information.

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 13. Here is an Excel ANOVA table that summarizes the results of an experiment to assess the
effects of ambient noise level and plant location on worker productivity. The test used α
= .05.
Source of SS df MS F P-value F crit
Variation
Plant 3.0075 3 1.0025 2.561 0.1199 3.862
location
Noise level 8.4075 3 2.8025 7.160 0.0093 3.863
Error 3.5225 9 0.3914

Total 14.9375

Is the effect of plant location significant at α = .05?

A. yes
B. no
C. need more information to say.
D. only if one were to conclude that Noise level is significant.

14. Here is an Excel ANOVA table for an experiment that analyzed factors that may affect
patients’ blood pressure (some information is missing).

Source of SS df MS F P-value
Variation
Medication type 16.5313 1 16.5313 9.173 0.006
Patient age group 25.0938 8.3646 4.642 0.011

Interaction 1.8438 3 0.6146 0.341 0.796

Error 43.2504 24 1.8021

Total 86.7192

The number of medication types is

A. 1.
B. 2.

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D. 4.
16.5313/16.65313

15. Here is an Excel ANOVA table for an experiment that analyzed two factors that may
affect patients’ blood pressure (some information is missing).

Source of SS df MS F P-value
Variation
Medication type 16.5313 1 16.5313 9.173 0.006
Patient age group 25.0938 8.3646 4.642 0.011

Interaction 1.8438 3 0.6146 0.341 0.796

Error 43.2504 24 1.8021

Total 86.7192

At α = .05 the effect of medication type is

A. significant.
B. insignificant.
C. borderline.