A supermarket manager has asked you to help assess different shelf locations. To identify which location has the best sales H0: average sales FRONT= average sales MIDDLE = average sales REAR H1: at least one of the average sales differs   Your analysis is shown in the following SPSS output: ANOVA   Sales      Sum of Squares df Mean Square F Sig.   Between Groups 48.444 2 24.222 14.105   .000     Within Groups 25.760 15 1.717   Total 74.204 17             Multiple Comparisons Dependent Variable:   sales in $1000 Bonferroni  (I) shelf space location 1=front; 2=middle; 3= rear (J) shelf space location 1=front; 2=middle; 3= rear Mean Difference (I-J) Std. Error Sig. 95% Confidence Interval Lower Bound Upper Bound 1 2 4000.000* 756.601 .000 1961.92 6038.08 3 2333.333* 756.601 .023 295.25 4371.42 2 1 -4000.000* 756.601 .000 -6038.08 -1961.92 3 -1666.667 756.601 .131 -3704.75 371.42 3 1 -2333.333* 756.601 .023 -4371.42 -295.25 2 1666.667 756.601 .131 -371.42 3704.75 *. The mean difference is significant at the 0.05 level.   Question: Given the SPSS output above, what would you decide?

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A supermarket manager has asked you to help assess different shelf locations. To identify which location has the best sales

H0: average sales FRONT= average sales MIDDLE = average sales REAR

H1: at least one of the average sales differs

 

Your analysis is shown in the following SPSS output:

ANOVA

 

Sales   

 

Sum of Squares

df

Mean Square

F

Sig.

 

Between Groups

48.444

2

24.222

14.105

 

.000

 

 

Within Groups

25.760

15

1.717

 

Total

74.204

17

 

 

 

 

 

 

Multiple Comparisons

Dependent Variable:   sales in $1000

Bonferroni 

(I) shelf space location 1=front; 2=middle; 3= rear

(J) shelf space location 1=front; 2=middle; 3= rear

Mean Difference (I-J)

Std. Error

Sig.

95% Confidence Interval

Lower Bound

Upper Bound

1

2

4000.000*

756.601

.000

1961.92

6038.08

3

2333.333*

756.601

.023

295.25

4371.42

2

1

-4000.000*

756.601

.000

-6038.08

-1961.92

3

-1666.667

756.601

.131

-3704.75

371.42

3

1

-2333.333*

756.601

.023

-4371.42

-295.25

2

1666.667

756.601

.131

-371.42

3704.75

*. The mean difference is significant at the 0.05 level.

 

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