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1. A researcher has a total of 30 employees who were selected from six different

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1. A researcher has a total of 30 employees who were selected from six different departments. There were five employees from each department.   The employees were tested and scored on their knowledge of the firm's organizational structure. The researcher conducted an ANOVA to test whether there were differences between the workers' knowledge among the departments. The sum of squares among the groups was 2790. The total sum of squares was 9990.

a. (6 points) Based on the information given, fill in the ANOVA table below.

b. (2 points) Using a 5% level of significance, what is the critical value of F, FCRIT?

c. (1 point) Can the researcher reject the null hypothesis?

d. (1 point) Is there sufficient evidence to say that there is a difference in employees' knowledge of the firm's structure?

Source of Variation

Sum of Squares

d.f.

Mean Squares

FSTAT

Among

Within

Total

S2Y=

Source of Variation

Sum of Squares

d.f.

Mean Squares

FSTAT

Among

Within

Total

S2Y=

Explanation / Answer

rom given information SST =9990 ; SS(among) =2790

hence SS(within) =SST-SS(among) =9990-2790=7200

here df (among) =departmetns -1= 6-1 =5

df(within) =(departments*(5-1) =24

MS(among)=SSamong/df(among) =558

MS(within)=SS(within)/df(among) =300

Fstat =MS(among)/MS(within) =1.86

b) fr 5,24 degree of freedom and 0.05 level critical value =2.621

c) No as test stat is lower than critical value

d) we do not have sufficient evidence to say that there is a difference in employees' knowledge of the firm's structure

source SS df MS Fstat among 2790 5 558 1.86 within 7200 24 300 total 9990 29