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Strayer,Phoniex,
Feb-1999 - Mar-2006
MBA.Graduate Psychology,PHD in HRM
Strayer,Phoniex,University of California
Feb-1999 - Mar-2006
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Apr-2003 - Apr-2007
A trucking company is planning to buy a new fleet of trucks. They have narrowed the choice to five models, each of which has about the same purchase price. It is decided to conduct a study to determine if there are any differences in the mean (average) direct operating cost of the trucks. Five different drivers were used in the study. Each truck is driven 1,000 miles by each driver and the direct cost per mile recorded. The following results were obtained.
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Truck |
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Driver |
I |
II |
III |
IV |
V |
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A |
31 |
41 |
32 |
28 |
37 |
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B |
31 |
40 |
31 |
29 |
38 |
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C |
37 |
46 |
38 |
35 |
45 |
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D |
33 |
41 |
43 |
40 |
41 |
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E |
30 |
39 |
40 |
44 |
40 |
#9
What would the appropriate type of analysis be for this data?
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Two-Factor ANOVA (with replication) |
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Randomized Block ANOVA |
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Two-sample t-tests on each pairwise comparison of “Truck” means |
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One-Factor ANOVA |
#10
The reason for requiring each type of truck to be driven by each driver
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is of no consequence in the final analysis |
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is to control for differences among the 5 trucks |
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is to allow for measuring the “interaction” between the 5 trucks and the 5 drivers |
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is to control for differences among the 5 drivers |
#11
To provide the data necessary for this type of analysis, ____________ control must be used when assigning the drivers to the trucks as compared to “completely” randomly assigning the drivers to the trucks.
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More |
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Less |
#12
If each driver operated the same truck for their five trials, you
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would be able to separate the differences due to the 5 trucks and the 5 drivers |
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would have “confounded” the effects between the type of truck and the drivers, and you would not be able to separate the differences due to the 5 trucks and the 5 drivers |
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would be able to test for differences due to the 5 different drivers |
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would be able to test for differences due to the 5 different trucks |
#13
In this analysis, the “blocking” factor would be:
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The "truck" factor |
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There wouldn't be a "blocking" factor |
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The "driver" factor |
#14
The appropriate null hypothesis, , for the study would be:
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μI=μII=μIII=μIV=μV |
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At least one pair of the µ’s (for the trucks) is different |
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All the pairs of the µ’s (for the trucks) are different |
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μA=μB=μC=μD=μE |
#15
How many different truck “pairwise” comparisons are there?
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15 |
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5 |
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10 |
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6 |
#16
Using a level of significance = 0.05, should any of the truck pairwise comparisons be considered significantly different?
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No |
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Yes |
#17
Should the mean direct cost per mile for Truck III be considered significantly different from Truck V?
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No |
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Yes |
#18
Do any of the trucks appear to be the best?
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Yes – Truck III |
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Yes – Truck II |
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Yes – Truck IV |
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Yes – Truck I |
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No – no one truck appears to be the best |
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