2. Consider one independent variable and collect a suitable data for at least three different groups (samples).

For example, you may ask the first year students, the second year students and the third year students on the hours spent to study. Answer the following questions:

Question: Mr. Martin can drive to work along four different routes, and the following are the number of minutes in which he timed himself on five different occasions for each route:

Total

Route 1 Route 2 Route 3 Route 4 _________________________________ 22 25 26 26 26 27 29 28 25 28 33 27 25 26 30 30 31 29 33 30 _________________________________ 129 135 151 141

SOURCE BETWEEN WITHIN(ERROR) TOTAL

Df 3 16 19

SS 52.8 100.4 153.2

MEAN SQUARE

F RATIO

Complete the ANOVA Table and test if all routes are equally fast (ALPHA = 5%).

a. What is the purpose of this study?

To study the relationship between type of route used by Mr. Martin and the time taken.

b. Define the population

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c. Explain how the samples were selected. Sample were selected by the type of 4 different route d. State the hypotheses : : at least one mean is different e. What is the significance level used? 0.05 f. Compare the means using ANOVA and present the results in a proper table. ANOVA Table : SOURCE BETWEEN Df 3 SS 52.8 100.4 153.2 MEAN SQUARE 17.6 6.275 F 2.0805

WITHIN(ERROR) 16 TOTAL 19

g. Summarize the results Statistical value = 2.0805 2.0805<3.24. So, do not reject H null. Not enough evidence to say that at least one mean is different. , F=2.0805