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Source DF SS MS F P
Factor 2 520.0 260.0 9.18 0.004
Error 12 340.0 28.3
Total 14 860.0
S 5.323 R-Sq 60.47% R-Sq(adj) 53.88%
Individual 95% CIs For Mean Based on
Pooled StDev
Level N Mean StDev ---+---------+---------+---------+------
A 5 62.000 5.244 (-------*-------)
B 5 66.000 5.148 (------*-------)
C 5 52.000 5.568 (------*-------)
---+---------+---------+---------+------
Pooled StDev 5.323 49.0 56.0 63.0 70.0
FIGURE 10.7 MINITAB OUTPUT FOR THE CHEMITECH EXPERIMENTANALYSIS OF VARIANCE
obtained using Minitab. The first part of the computer output contains the familiar ANOVA
table format. Comparing Figure 10.7 with Table 10.5, we see that the same information is
available, although some of the headings are slightly different. The heading Source is used
for the source of variation column, Factor identifies the treatments row, and the sum of
squares and degrees of freedom columns are interchanged.
Note that following the ANOVA table the computer output contains the respective
sample sizes, the sample means, and the standard deviations. In addition, Minitab provides
a figure that shows individual 95% confidence interval estimates of each population mean.
In developing these confidence interval estimates, Minitab uses MSE as the estimate of σ
2
.
Thus, the square root of MSE provides the best estimate of the population standard devia-
tion σ. This estimate of σ on the computer output is Pooled StDev; it is equal to 5.323. To
provide an illustration of how these interval estimates are developed, we will compute a
95% confidence interval estimate of the population mean for method A.
From our study of interval estimation in Chapter 8, we know that the general form of
an interval estimate of a population mean is
(10.24)
where s is the estimate of the population standard deviation σ. Because the best estimate of
σ is provided by the Pooled StDev, we use a value of 5.323 for s in expression (10.24). The
degrees of freedom for the t value is 12, the degrees of freedom associated with the error
sum of squares. Hence, with t
.025
2.179 we obtain
Thus, the individual 95% confidence interval for method A goes from 62 5.19 56.81
to 62 5.19 67.19. Because the sample sizes are equal for the Chemitech experiment, the
individual confidence intervals for methods B and C are also constructed by adding and sub-
tracting 5.19 from each sample mean. Thus, in the figure provided by Minitab we see that
the widths of the confidence intervals are the same.
62
2.179
5.323
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62
5.19
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t
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s
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