EXAMINATION # 8

F-test

Name: _____________________________ Rating: __________________________

Course: ____________________________ School: __________________________

USE THE 7 STEPS IN TESTING THE HYPOTHESIS

1. On the following four groups of Product testing, test the null hypothesis that Product rating
does not vary .

Product A Product B Product C Product D

90 85 80 78
89 86 82 76
88 84 83 75
94 83 81 77
93 88 80 75

Answer:

I. Formulate the Null Hypothesis (H0) and Alternative Hypothesis (Ha):

Null Hypothesis (H0): The product rating is the same for all four groups (no variation).
Alternative Hypothesis (Ha): The product rating varies among at least two of the groups.

II. Set the Level of Significance (Alpha):

The significance level (alpha) of 0.05, which is a common choice.

III. Determine the Test Statistics:

We will use an Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) test to compare means across multiple
groups. The F-statistic is used in ANOVA.

IV. Determine the Tabular Value/Critical Value or the Significance Value (TV):

significance level of 0.05 and degrees of freedom df1 = 3 and df2 = 16, the critical F-
value is approximately 3.2389.

V. Compute for the Required Treatment:

F ≈ 13.12 (rounded to two decimal places)

 VI. Make a Decision:

Since the calculated F-statistic (13.12) is significantly greater than the critical F-value
(3.2389), we can make the following decision:
Decision: Reject the null hypothesis (H0).

This means that there is sufficient evidence to conclude that the product rating varies
among at least two of the groups (Product A, B, C, D). In other words, there are
statistically significant differences in product ratings among the different groups. Further
post-hoc tests may be conducted to determine which specific groups differ from each
other.

VII. Interpret the Result:

If you reject the null hypothesis, it means there is evidence that at least one group's
product rating differs from the others. Further post-hoc tests may be necessary to
identify which groups are different from each other.

2. In a marketing strategy, 10 clients are randomly assigned to each of four groups. Each group is
asked to perform a set of tasks after exposure to the varied activities. Do the groups differ in
task performance?

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4

18 20 15
18
17 18 10
18
15 18 10
17
15 17 10
17
14 17 9
15
13 17 8
14
13 16 8
12
10 15 6
11
8 15 5
10
5 10 4
10
128 163 85
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