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A fisheries researcher wishes to test for a difference in mean weights of a single species of fish caught by fishermen in three different lakes in Nova Scotia

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A fisheries researcher wishes to test for a difference in mean weights of a single species of fish caught by fishermen in three different lakes in Nova Scotia. The significance level for the test will be 0.05. Complete the following partial ANOVA table and use it to answer the following questions: (10 marks) Source d.f SS MS F
Treatment __ 17.4 __ __
Error 9 __ __
Total  __ 31.23
a) What is the critical value F* for this test?
b) What is the observed value F for this test?
c) What is the conclusion of the test? In other words, is there a difference in the mean weights of a single species of fish in the three different lakes?