ANOVA Problem 1

Instructions: Complete the analysis of the following data set as described in the course environment. All projects will be graded on 1) appearance, 2) format, 3) statistical analysis & 4) quality of the report with a maximum of 25 points possible per category. Follow all required protocols and provide samples of your SPSS analysis with explanations. Make a recommendation as to which resistor should be purchased with all other things being equal. (Only make the recommendation if such is indicated by the analysis.)

A procurement specialist has randomly selected 30 resistors from vendor 1, 30 resistors from vendor 2, and 30 resistors from vender 3 in order to look for differences in quality. Each resistors resistance is measured with the indicated results.Test for significance differences between the resistors of vendor 1, vendor 2, and vendor 3.

Data Set for Problem 1

Vendor 1	Vendor 2	Vendor 3
96.8	106.8	104.3
99.4	103.2	98.7
97.9	102.6	103
99.6	104	98.2
97.8	104.6	102.2
100	106.4	96.8
99.9	104.6	99.4
98.6	106.8	98.1
101.2	103.7	102
99.2	100.3	99.5
100.3	106.3	99.9
101.1	103.5	100.4
101.9	106.8	100.5
98.2	107	97.5
98.5	104.7	103.1
103.7	106.8	102.3
101	104	100.5
98.6	102.2	100.9
98.3	106.3	100.2
97.7	104.1	99.8
99.4	108.2	104.2
98.3	104.7	101.3
98.2	105.1	101.5
99.7	107	100.8
99.8	102.8	99.9
98.2	109.2	99.8
96.6	107.1	97.5
101.1	103.5	99.1
99.1	108	98.3
96.7	104	98.9