National bearing manufactures bearings at plants located in Portland Oregon, Houston Texas, and Jacksonville Florida. to measure employees knowledge of total quality management (TQM), Six employees were randomly selected at each plant and texted. The scores for these employees are given in DATA. Managers want to know if on average, knowledge of TQM is equal across the 3 plants. Test quality of mean scores at @=0. 5. a. The f value of 3.429 is < the f value of 3.682,, therefore do not reject q=equality of means. Knowledge of TQM is equal across the 3 plants