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For some data sets, the F statistic will reject the null hypothesis of no in mea

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Question

For some data sets, the F statistic will reject the null hypothesis of no in mean yields, but the Tukey-Kramer method will method any pair of means that can be concluded to differ. For the sample means X_1 = 89.88, X_2 = 89.46, X_3 = 87.01, and X_4 = 85.78, assuming a sample size of 4 for each treatment, find a value of MSE so that the statistic rejects the null hypothesis of no difference at the 1%level, while the Tukey-Kramer method does not find any pair of means to differ at the 1% level. Round intermediate calculations and the final answer to three decimal places, where necessary.

Explanation / Answer

The mean of the numbers 89.88, 89.46, 87.01, 85.78 is 88.0325

SSTR = 4 * [(89.88 – 88.0325)^2 + (89.46– 88.0325)^2 + (87.01– 88.0325)^2 + (85.78– 88.0325)^2) = 46.281

Degree of freedom of SSTR = 4-1 = 3

MSTR = SSTR/3 = 46.281/3 = 15.427

N = 4 * 4 = 16 (4 in each 4 groups)

Degree of freedom of SSE = N – r = 16 – 4 = 12

Critical value of F at 99% significance and df=3,12 is 5.952

F = MSTR/MSE

To reject the null hypothesis, F > critical value

F > 5.952

MSTR/MSE > 5.952

15.427/MSE > 5.952

MSE < 15.427/5.952

MSE < 2.592

For Tukey Kramer test, we need to show that the pair of means are not different,

The critical value of test statistic for df = 12 and number of treatments = 4 is 5.5

To show that the pair of means are not different

Difference in means/MSE < 5.5

MSE > Difference in means/5.5

The largest difference in means = 89.88 – 85.78 = 4.1

MSE > 4.1/5.5 = 0.745

So, 0.745 < MSE < 2.592