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The times (in minutes) to assemble a computer component for 3 different machines

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Question

The times (in minutes) to assemble a computer component for 3 different machines are listed in the table below. Workers are randomly selected.

Machine1   

Machine 2

Machine 3

32

35   

28

30

29

25

31

38

29

32

33

31

34

32

29

35

36

a)   Assuming all conditions are met, test the claim that there is a difference in mean assembly time for each machine using a 5% level of significance. Use the P-value approach.

b)   What provides visual support for your decision in part (a)? Explain.

Please use the P-value Approach for all hypothesis tests. Follow all the steps used in hypothesis testing

Machine1   

Machine 2

Machine 3

32

35   

28

30

29

25

31

38

29

32

33

31

34

32

29

35

36

Explanation / Answer

Set up hypotheses as

H0: All machines take equal assembling time

Ha: Atleast two take different time

Alpha = 0.05

Let us prepare anova table and check.

p value = 0.00668

As p value >0.05, accept null hypothesis.

Mean for all are near the overall mean.

x1 x2 x3 Total Mean 31.33 34 28.25 31.19 std dev 1.752 2.944 2.5 std error 0.715 1.113 1.25