| Pet Food Company has a business objective of expanding its product line beyond its current kidney and shrimp based cat foods. The company developed two new products, one based on chicken liver and the other based on Salmon. The company conducted an experiment to compare the two new products with its two existing ones, as well as generic beef-based products sold at a supermarket chain. For the experiment, a sample of 50 cats from the population at a local animal shelter was selected. Ten cats were randomly assigned to each of the rive products being tested. each of the cats was then presented with 3 ouncesif the selected foodin a dish feeding time. The researchers defined the variable to be within a 10 minute time interval that began when the filled dish was presented. |
| n=50 cats |
| 10 cats were randomly assigned to each of the 5 products. |
| They were presented food at ac ertain feeding time and measured the amount of food in ounces in 10 minute intervals |
| Kidney | Shrimp | Chicken Liver | Salmon | Beef | | | | Anova: Single Factor |
| 2.37 | 2.26 | 2.29 | 1.79 | 2.09 | | c= 5 groups |
| 2.62 | 2.69 | 2.23 | 2.33 | 1.87 | | n=50 | | SUMMARY |
| 2.31 | 2.25 | 2.41 | 1.96 | 1.67 | | | | Groups | Count | Sum | Average | Variance |
| 2.47 | 2.45 | 2.68 | 2.05 | 1.64 | | | | Kidney | 10 | 24.56 | 2.456 | 0.01476 |
| 2.59 | 2.34 | 2.25 | 2.26 | 2.16 | | | | Shrimp | 10 | 24.09 | 2.409 | 0.0253433333 |
| 2.62 | 2.37 | 2.17 | 2.24 | 1.75 | | | | Chicken Liver | 10 | 23.68 | 2.368 | 0.0262844444 |
| 2.34 | 2.22 | 2.37 | 1.96 | 1.18 | | | | Salmon | 10 | 20.28 | 2.028 | 0.0544177778 |
| 2.47 | 2.56 | 2.26 | 1.58 | 1.92 | | | | Beef | 10 | 17.54 | 1.754 | 0.0990266667 |
| 2.45 | 2.36 | 2.45 | 2.18 | 1.32 |
| 2.32 | 2.59 | 2.57 | 1.93 | 1.94 |
| | | | | | | | | ANOVA |
| a. at the 0.05 level of significance, is there a difference in the mean amount of food eaten | | | | | | | | Source of Variation | SS | df | MS | F | P-value | F crit |
| among the various products | | | | | | | | Between Groups | 3.65896 | 4 | 0.91474 | 20.8054122083 | 0.0000000009 | 2.5787391843 |
| state your null hypothesis and it would be a good idea to list your variables | | | | | | | | Within Groups | 1.97849 | 45 | 0.0439664444 |
| | | | | | | | | Total | 5.63745 | 49 |
| b. If appropriate, which test would you use to determine which products appear to differ significantly in the mean amount of food eaten |
| Tukey- Kramer Comparison |
| Group | Sample Mean | Sample Size | | Comparison | Absolute Differece | Std. Error | Critical Range | Results |
| 1 | | | | Group1 to Group2 |
| 2 | | | | G1 to G3 |
| 3 | | | | G1 to G4 |
| 4 | | | | G1 to G5 |
| 5 | | | | Group 2 to G3 |
| Other Data | | | | G2 to G4 |
| Level of Significance | 0.05 | | | G2 to G5 |
| Numerator d.f | | | | Group 3 to G4 |
| Denominator d.f. | | | | G3 to G5 |
| Q statistic | | | | Group 4 to G5 |