Exercise

Analysis of Variance
1. A study compared the effects of 4 point of purchase schemes on sales. The sales in units for
5 stores implementing each scheme are given below:
Store
Scheme 1 2 3 4 5
Free sample 78 87 81 89 85
On- pack gift 94 91 87 90 88
Discount 73 78 69 83 76
Coupon for next 79 83 78 69 81
purchase

At a significance level of 1% determine whether the schemes have differing impacts on sales.

2. A clock manufacturing plant wanted to study whether different speeds of the conveyor belt
in assembly line affects the number of defective units produced. The belt was run at 4
different speeds for six 8- hour shifts and the number of defectives counted after the shift.
The results were as under:
Speed 1 Speed 2 Speed 3 Speed 4
37 27 32 35
35 32 36 27
38 32 33 33
36 34 34 31
34 30 40 29
36 28 38 28

At the 5% level of significance, do different speeds of the conveyor belt affect the number of
defectives produced?

3. Three training methods were compared to see whether they led to differing productivity
after training. The following are output produced per day for individuals trained by the three
methods:
Method 1 45 40 50 39 53 44
Method 2 59 43 47 51 39 49 53
Method 3 41 37 43 40 52
At .05 level of significance, do the three training methods lead to different levels of
productivity?
4. A tyre company conducted tread wear test to determine if the average speed at which the
vehicle is driven affects treadwear. Since the company felt that the raw material supplies
from different suppliers could confound the study, ‘supplier’ was used as a blocking variable.
The following data was collected:
Speed (tire wear in 10000miles)
Slow (20 mph) Medium (40mph) Fast (60mph)
Supplier
1 3.7 4.5 3.1
2 3.4 3.9 2.8
3 3.5 4.1 3.0
4 3.2 3.5 2.6
5 3.9 4.8 3.4
Determine at an alpha of 5% if there is a significant difference in tread- wear because of
speed. Also determine if there is a significant difference in tread-wear due to different
suppliers.