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Pate's Pharmacy, Inc. operates a regional chain of 120 pharmacies. Each pharmacy's floor plan includes a...

Pate's Pharmacy, Inc. operates a regional chain of 120 pharmacies. Each pharmacy's floor plan includes a greeting card department which is relatively isolated. Sandra Royo, Marketing Manager, feels that the level of lighting in the greeting card department may affect sales in that department. She chooses three levels of lighting (soft, medium, and bright) and randomly assigns six pharmacies to each lighting level. Analysis of Sandra's data yielded the following ANOVA table. Source of Variation SS df MS F Treatment 3608.333 2 1804.167 Error 13591.67 15 906.1111 Total 17200 17 Using α= 0.05, the critical F value is _____________. 13.68 19.43 3.59 19.45 3.68

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