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BigShots, Inc. is a specialty e-tailer that operates 87 catalog Web sites on the

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Question

BigShots, Inc. is a specialty e-tailer that operates 87 catalog Web sites on the Internet. Kevin Conn, Sales Director, feels that the style (color scheme, graphics, fonts, etc.) of a Web site may affect its sales. He chooses three levels of design style (neon, old world, and sophisticated) and randomly assigns six catalog Web sites to each design style. Analysis of Kevin's data yielded the following ANOVA table.


Source of Variation

SS

df

MS

F

Between Groups

68102.33

2

34051.17

Within Groups

29177.67

15

1945.178

Total

97280

17



Using ? = 0.05, the critical F value is __________.

Source of Variation

SS

df

MS

F

Between Groups

68102.33

2

34051.17

Within Groups

29177.67

15

1945.178

Total

97280

17

Explanation / Answer

3.68