In Exercises 1–4, use the following listed measured amounts of chest compression (mm) from car crash tests (from Data Set 35 “Car Data” in Appendix B). Also shown are the SPSS results from analysis of variance. Assume that we plan to use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that the different car sizes have the same mean amount of chest compression.





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b. If the objective is to test the claim that the four car sizes have the same mean chest compression, why is the method referred to as analysis of variance?

In Problems 21–32, state the conclusion based on the results of the test.  

For the hypotheses in Problem 19, the null hypothesis is rejected.

In Exercises 5–16, use analysis of variance for the indicated test.

Triathlon Times Jeff Parent is a statistics instructor who participates in triathlons. Listed below are times (in minutes and seconds) he recorded while riding a bicycle for five stages through each mile of a 3-mile loop. Use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that it takes the same time to ride each of the miles. Does one of the miles appear to have a hill?

Two-Way Anova If we have a goal of using the data given in Exercise 1 to (1) determine whether the femur side (left, right) has an effect on the crash force measurements and (2) to determine whether the vehicle size has an effect on the crash force measurements, should we use one-way analysis of variance for the two individual tests? Why or why not?

In Exercises 1–4, use the following listed measured amounts of chest compression (mm) from car crash tests (from Data Set 35 “Car Data” in Appendix B). Also shown are the SPSS results from analysis of variance. Assume that we plan to use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that the different car sizes have the same mean amount of chest compression.

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a. What characteristic of the data above indicates that we should use one-way analysis of variance?

In Exercises 1–4, use the following listed measured amounts of chest compression (mm) from car crash tests (from Data Set 35 “Car Data” in Appendix B). Also shown are the SPSS results from analysis of variance. Assume that we plan to use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that the different car sizes have the same mean amount of chest compression.

Why Not Test Two at a Time? Refer to the sample data given in Exercise 1. If we want to test for equality of the four means, why don’t we use the methods of Section 9-2 “Two Means: Independent Samples” for the following six separate hypothesis tests?

Cola Weights Data Set 37 “Cola Weights and Volumes” in Appendix B lists the weights (lb) of the contents of cans of cola from four different samples: (1) regular Coke, (2) Diet Coke, (3) regular Pepsi, and (4) Diet Pepsi. The results from analysis of variance are shown in the Minitab display below. What is the null hypothesis for this analysis of variance test? Based on the displayed results, what should you conclude about H_knot. What do you conclude about equality of the mean weights from the four samples?

Cola Weights For the four samples described in Exercise 1, the sample of regular Coke has a mean weight of 0.81682 lb, the sample of Diet Coke has a mean weight of 0.78479 lb, the sample of regular Pepsi has a mean weight of 0.82410 lb, and the sample of Diet Pepsi has a mean weight of 0.78386 lb. If we use analysis of variance and reach a conclusion to reject equality of the four sample means, can we then conclude that any of the specific samples have means that are significantly different from the others?

A company wants to determine whether the average monthly sales differ among three different regions: North, South, and West. The company collects monthly sales data (in thousands of dollars) from four randomly selected stores in each region over the same month. Calculate the F-statistic given the Mean Square due to Treatments: MST = $226.6$ (variance between groups) and the Mean Square due to Error: MSE = $7.944$ (variance within groups).