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Statement of a problem № m102936



Wild irises are beautiful flowers found throughout the United States, Canada, and northern Europe. This problem concerns the length of the sepal (leaf-like part covering the flower) of different species of wild iris. Data are based on information taken from an article by R. A. Fisher in Annals of Eugenics (Vol. 7, part 2, pp. 179-188). Measurements of sepal length in centimeters from random samples of Iris setosa (I), Iris versicolor (II), and Iris virginica (III) are as follows: Shall we reject or not reject the claim that there are no differences among the population means of sepal length for the different species of iris? Use a 5% level of significance? In the problem, please provide the following information. (a) What is the level of significance? State the null and alternate hypotheses. (b) Find SSTOT, SSBET, and SSW and check that SSTOT - SSBET + SSW. Find d.f.BET, d.f.W, MSBET, and MSW. Find the value of the sample test statistic F (F ratio). What are the degrees of freedom? (c) Find (or estimate) the P-value of the sample test statistic. (d) Based on your answers in parts (a) to (c), will you reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis? (e) Interpret your conclusion in the context of the application. (f) Make a summary table for your ANOVA test.




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