a) Check the conditions for the F Distribution.
b) What is the hypothesis?
c) What are dfr and dfe.
d) What are MSt and MSe.
e) Find the F statistic.
f) Find and Interpret the p-value.
g) Based on the hypothesis test, what is your conclusion about the population means?
6. (12 pts.) As part of an experiment to see how different types of soil cover would affect slicing tomato production, Marist College students grew tomato plants under different soil cover conditions. Groups of three plants each had one of the following treatments: bare soil, commercial ground cover, black plastic, straw, or compost. All plants grew under the same conditions and were the same variety. Students recorded the weight (in grams) of tomatoes produced by each of the plants: a) (2 pts.) Check the conditions for the F distribution.