In: Statistics and Probability
A stock analyst wondered whether the mean rate of return of financial, energy, and utility stocks differed over the past 5 years. He obtained a simple random sample of eight companies from each of the three sectors and obtained the 5-year rates of return shown in the accompanying table (in percent). Complete parts (a) through (d) below.
Are the mean rates of return different at
α=0.05 level of significance?
Use technology to find the F-test statistic for this data set.
Find the P=Value
Financial Energy Utilities
10.73 12.89 11.88
15.05 13.96 5.76
17.01 6.43 13.46
5.07 11.19 9.90
19.59 18.93 3.95
8.16 20.73 3.44
10.38 9.60 7.11
6.52 17.40 15.70