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2. A researcher is concerned about the level of knowledge possessed by university students in the...

2. A researcher is concerned about the level of knowledge possessed by university students in the field of algebra. Students completed a high school senior level standardized algebra exam. Major for students was also recorded. Data in terms of percent correct is recorded below for 32 students. Use the Microsoft Excel "Anova Single-Factor" Data Analysis tool to conduct a 1-way ANOVA test for the data in the following table:

Education Business/Management Behavioral/Social Science Fine Arts
62 82 42 30
81 69 52 57
75 73 31 87
58 88 50 64
67 49 22 28
48 89 71 29
26 50 68 62
36 15 36 45
  1. What is your computed answer?
  2. What would be the null hypothesis in this study?
  3. What would be the alternate hypothesis?
  4. What level of significance did you choose and why?
  5. What were your degrees of freedom?
  6. Is there a significant difference between the four testing conditions?
  7. Interpret your answer in the context of the problem statement.

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