A manager records the production output of three employees who each work on three different machines for three different days. The sample results are given below and the Minitab results follow. Employee A B C I 23, 27, 29 30, 27, 25 18, 20, 22 Machine 11 25, 26, 24 24, 29, 26 19, 16, 14 III 28, 25, 26 25, 27, 23 15, 11, 17 ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE ITEMS SOURCE DF SS MS MACHINE 2 34.67 17.33 EMPLOYEE 2 504.67 252.33 INTERACTION 4 26.67 6.67 ERROR 18 98.00 5.44 TOTAL 26 664.00 Assume that the number of items produced is not affected by an interaction between employee and machine. Using a 0.05 significance level, test the claim that the machine has no effect on the number of items produced. Calculate the F-statistic for this test. Round your answer to four decimal places. Select one: o a. 3.5500 0 b. 2.5982 0 c. 46.3842 0 d. 0.3538 0 e. 3.1857