{"id":259346,"date":"2025-07-18T23:47:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T23:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=259346"},"modified":"2025-07-18T23:47:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T23:47:33","slug":"the-f-statistic-from-an-experiment-with-k-equals-three-and-n-equals-50s-3-67-at-a-equals-0-05-will-you-reject-the-no-hypothesis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/18\/the-f-statistic-from-an-experiment-with-k-equals-three-and-n-equals-50s-3-67-at-a-equals-0-05-will-you-reject-the-no-hypothesis\/","title":{"rendered":"The F statistic from an experiment with K equals three and N equals 50s 3.67 at a equals 0.05 Will you reject the no hypothesis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The F statistic from an experiment with K equals three and N equals 50s 3.67 at a equals 0.05 Will you reject the no hypothesis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-1-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To determine whether we reject the null hypothesis based on the given information, we need to compare the calculated F-statistic to the critical F-value from an F-distribution table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step-by-Step Approach:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Given Data:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>F-statistic: 3.67<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Number of groups (K): 3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sample size (N): 50<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Significance level (\u03b1): 0.05<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Degrees of Freedom:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Degrees of freedom for the numerator (between groups) = K\u22121=3\u22121=2K &#8211; 1 = 3 &#8211; 1 = 2K\u22121=3\u22121=2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Degrees of freedom for the denominator (within groups) = N\u2212K=50\u22123=47N &#8211; K = 50 &#8211; 3 = 47N\u2212K=50\u22123=47<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Find the Critical F-Value:<\/strong><br>Using an F-distribution table or a statistical calculator for \u03b1=0.05\\alpha = 0.05\u03b1=0.05, we look up the critical value for F0.05,2,47F_{0.05, 2, 47}F0.05,2,47\u200b, where 2 is the degrees of freedom for the numerator and 47 is the degrees of freedom for the denominator. The critical F-value for \u03b1=0.05\\alpha = 0.05\u03b1=0.05, df1=2df_1 = 2df1\u200b=2, and df2=47df_2 = 47df2\u200b=47 is approximately <strong>3.22<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Decision Rule:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If the calculated F-statistic is greater than the critical F-value, we reject the null hypothesis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If the calculated F-statistic is less than or equal to the critical F-value, we fail to reject the null hypothesis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Comparison:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The calculated F-statistic is 3.67.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The critical F-value at \u03b1=0.05\\alpha = 0.05\u03b1=0.05 is 3.22.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Since 3.67 > 3.22, we reject the null hypothesis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We reject the null hypothesis because the calculated F-statistic (3.67) exceeds the critical value (3.22) at a significance level of 0.05. 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