Difference in the mean waiting times at the four body shops


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Q: There are four auto body shops in a community and all claim to promptly serve customers. To check if there is any difference in service, customers are randomly selected from each repair shop and their waiting times in days are recorded. The output from a statistical software package is:

Summary

Groups Count Sum Average Variance
Body Shop A 3 15.4 5.133333 0.323333
Body Shop B 4 32 8 1.433333
Body Shop C 5 25.2 5.04 0.748
Body Shop D 4 25.9 6.475 0.595833

ANOVA

Source of Variation SS df MS F p-value
Between Groups 23.3732 13 7.791069 9.612506 0.001632
Within Groups 9.726167 12 0.810514
Total 33.09938 15

Is there evidence to suggest a difference in the mean waiting times at the four body shops?

Use the .05 significance level.

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