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rl · **on:** Jun 24, 2018

What can you say about the shape of the distributions given the accompanying box plots?

Question 2

In one-way ANOVA, the test statistic is defined as the ratio of the mean square for error (MSE) and the mean square for treatments (MST), namely, F = MSE / MST.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false

lorealeza77 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 24, 2018

Answer to Question 1

They both appear to be slightly skewed to the right (both have a mean > median). The total variation seems to be close for both distributions (with one outlier for the male salaries), but there seems to be more variation in the middle 50 for the women than for the men. There seem to be more men's salaries clustered more closely around the mean than for the women.

Answer to Question 2

F