Question

A manager is considering three new machines for filling boxes of cereal at a processing plant. Each of the three machines is assigned to 10 randomly selected employees. The time required to fill 25 boxes using the machine is recorded. How many treatments does this single-factor experiment have?

a. 3
b. 10
c. 1
d. 25

Answer 1

3

Explanation:

Given that a manager is considering three new machines for filling boxes of cereal at a processing plant. Each of the three machines is assigned to 10 randomly selected employees

Here the treatments are the no of machines. i.e. three machines are three treatment.

After selecting treatments 25 boxes using each machine is recorded.

Hence this is a one factor anova with three factors namely three machines affecting the result

Hence no of treatments = 3