An executive at the home office of Big Rock Life Insurance is considering three branch managers as candidates for promotion to vice president. The branch reports include records showing sales volume for each salesperson in the branch (in hundreds of thousands of dollars). A random sample of these records was selected for salespersons in each branch. All three branches are located in cities in which per capita income is the same. The executive wishes to compare these samples to see if there is a significant difference in performance of salespersons in the three different branches. If so, the information will be used to determine which of the managers to promote. Branch Managed by Adams Branch Managed by McDale Branch Managed by Vasquez 7.8 8.2 6.7 6.6 10.7 8.9 10.5 11.5 10.9 10.6 9.2 11.2 9.7     10.8     Use a 1% level of significance. Shall we reject or not reject the claim that there are no differences among the performances of the salespersons in the different branches? (a) What is the level of significance?State the null and alternate hypotheses. Ho: μ1 = μ2 = μ3; H1: Not all the means are equal.Ho: μ1 = μ2 = μ3; H1: Exactly two means are equal.    Ho: μ1 = μ2 = μ3; H1: At least two means are equal.Ho: μ1 = μ2 = μ3; H1: All three means are different. (b) Find  SSTOT, SSBET, and SSW  and check that  SSTOT = SSBET + SSW.  (Round your answers to three decimal places.) SSTOT =   SSBET =   SSW =   Find  d.f.BET, d.f.W, MSBET, and MSW.  (Round your answers to three decimal places.) d.f.BET =   d.f.W =   MSBET =   MSW =   Find the value of the sample F statistic. (Round your answers to three decimal places.)What are the degrees of freedom? (numerator) (denominator)(c) Find the P-value of the sample test statistic. P-value > 0.1000.050 < P-value < 0.100    0.025 < P-value < 0.0500.010 < P-value < 0.0250.001 < P-value < 0.010P-value < 0.001 (d) Based on your answers in parts (a) to (c), will you reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis? Since the P value is greater than the level of significance at α = 0.01, we do not reject H0.Since the P value is less than or equal to the level of significance at α = 0.01, we reject H0.    Since the P value is greater than the level of significance at α = 0.01, we reject H0.Since the P value is less than or equal to the level of significance at α = 0.01, we do not reject H0. (e) Interpret your conclusion in the context of the application. At the 1% level of significance there is insufficient evidence to conclude that the means are not all equal.At the 1% level of significance there is sufficient evidence to conclude that the means are all equal.    At the 1% level of significance there is insufficient evidence to conclude that the means are all equal.At the 1% level of significance there is sufficient evidence to conclude that the means are not all equal. (f) Make a summary table for your ANOVA test. (Round your answers to three decimal places.) Source ofVariation Sum ofSquares Degrees ofFreedom MS FRatio P-Value TestDecision Between groups             Within groups             Total

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An executive at the home office of Big Rock Life Insurance is considering three branch managers as candidates for promotion to vice president. The branch reports include records showing sales volume for each salesperson in the branch (in hundreds of thousands of dollars). A random sample of these records was selected for salespersons in each branch. All three branches are located in cities in which per capita income is the same. The executive wishes to compare these samples to see if there is a significant difference in performance of salespersons in the three different branches. If so, the information will be used to determine which of the managers to promote.

Branch Managed by Adams Branch Managed by McDale Branch Managed by Vasquez
7.8 8.2 6.7
6.6 10.7 8.9
10.5 11.5 10.9
10.6 9.2 11.2
9.7    
10.8    

Use a 1% level of significance. Shall we reject or not reject the claim that there are no differences among the performances of the salespersons in the different branches?

(a) What is the level of significance?


State the null and alternate hypotheses.
Ho: μ1 = μ2 = μ3H1: Not all the means are equal.Ho: μ1 = μ2 = μ3H1: Exactly two means are equal.    Ho: μ1 = μ2 = μ3H1: At least two means are equal.Ho: μ1 = μ2 = μ3H1: All three means are different.

(b) Find 
SSTOT, SSBET, and SSW
 and check that 
SSTOT = SSBET + SSW.
 (Round your answers to three decimal places.)
SSTOT
=  
SSBET
=  
SSW
=  

Find 
d.f.BET, d.f.W, MSBET, and MSW.
 (Round your answers to three decimal places.)
d.f.BET
=  
d.f.W
=  
MSBET
=  
MSW
=  

Find the value of the sample F statistic. (Round your answers to three decimal places.)


What are the degrees of freedom?
 (numerator)
 (denominator)

(c) Find the P-value of the sample test statistic.
P-value > 0.1000.050 < P-value < 0.100    0.025 < P-value < 0.0500.010 < P-value < 0.0250.001 < P-value < 0.010P-value < 0.001

(d) Based on your answers in parts (a) to (c), will you reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis?
Since the P value is greater than the level of significance at α = 0.01, we do not reject H0.Since the P value is less than or equal to the level of significance at α = 0.01, we reject H0.    Since the P value is greater than the level of significance at α = 0.01, we reject H0.Since the P value is less than or equal to the level of significance at α = 0.01, we do not reject H0.

(e) Interpret your conclusion in the context of the application.
At the 1% level of significance there is insufficient evidence to conclude that the means are not all equal.At the 1% level of significance there is sufficient evidence to conclude that the means are all equal.    At the 1% level of significance there is insufficient evidence to conclude that the means are all equal.At the 1% level of significance there is sufficient evidence to conclude that the means are not all equal.

(f) Make a summary table for your ANOVA test. (Round your answers to three decimal places.)
Source of
Variation
Sum of
Squares
Degrees of
Freedom
MS F
Ratio
P-Value Test
Decision
Between groups            
Within groups            
Total        
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