Tomato weights and Fertilizer (Raw Data, SoftwareRequired):
Carl the farmer has three fields of tomatoes, on one he used nofertilizer, in another he used organic fertilizer, and the third heused a chemical fertilizer. He wants to see if there is adifference in the mean weights of tomatoes from the differentfields. The sample data for tomato-weights in grams is given below.Carl claims there is a difference in the mean weight for alltomatoes between the different fertilizing methods.
NoFertilizer | Organic Fertilizer | Chemical Fertilizer |
123 | 112 | 115 |
119 | 127 | 141 |
118 | 138 | 143 |
120 | 133 | 134 |
117 | 140 | 129 |
120 | 114 | 134 |
114 | 126 | 135 |
118 | 134 | 129 |
129 | 123 | 113 |
130 | 144 | 149 |
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The Test: Complete the steps in testing theclaim that there is a difference in the mean weight for alltomatoes between the different fertilizing methods.
(a) What is the null hypothesis for this test?
H0: At least one of the population means isdifferent from the others.
H0:  μ1 ≠μ2 ≠μ3.   Â
H0:  μ1 =μ2 = μ3.
H0:  μ3 >μ2 > μ1.
(b) What is the alternate hypothesis for this test?
H1:  μ1 ≠μ2 ≠μ3.
H1:  μ1 =μ2 =μ3.  Â
H1: At least one of the population means isdifferent from the others.
H1:  μ3 >μ2 > μ1.
(c) Use software to get the P-value of the test statistic (F ). Round to 4 decimal places unless yoursoftware automatically rounds to 3 decimal places.
P-value =Â Â
(d) What is the conclusion regarding the null hypothesis at the0.10 significance level?
reject H0
fail to rejectH0Â Â Â Â
(e) Choose the appropriate concluding statement.
We have proven that all of the mean weights are the same.
There is sufficient evidence to conclude that the mean weightsare different.   Â
There is not enough evidence to conclude that the mean weightsare different.
(f) Does your conclusion change at the 0.05 significance level?
Yes
No   Â