2. Business owners are interested in examining retail thefts during the holiday season. A researcher will assess whether thefts differ across the three different shopping malls in the area. Using the data below, with alpha = .05, complete an ANOVA test to determine if there is any statistically significant difference in thefts between the shopping malls. Make sure to number and label each step of the hypothesis test. You must include both scientific notation and sentence hypotheses and the statement of your findings for full credit.

Thefts at Shopping Malls

Mall #1 Mall #2 Mall #3

15 2 1

12 4 0

9 9 16

10 11 4

5 6

3. Using your results from Question #2 above, interpret your findings in a write-up as you would see in a research article. Remember that your write up needs to include: the type of test conducted, an indication of conclusion of the test (i.e. did it support/not your alternative hypothesis), what you found, what the variables and measures were (including key descriptives like the mean and std. dev), your obtained value, degrees of freedom, and p-value. Your write-up should also make an attempt to say what your results mean for a lay audience. Why should someone care about your results in the context of the problem?