5.41. The C. F. Eye Care company manufactures lenses for transplantation into the eye following cataract surgery. An engineering group has conducted an experiment involving two factors to determine their effect on the lens polishing process. The results of this experiment are summarized in the following ANOVA display:

Answer the following questions about this experiment.

(a) The sum of squares for factor A is______.

(b) The number of degrees of freedom for factor A in the experiment is_____.

(c) The number of degrees of freedom for factor B is_______.

(d) The mean square for error is______.

(e) An upper bound for the P-value for the interaction test statistic is______.

(f) The engineers used ______ levels of the factor A in this experiment.
(g) The engineers used ______ levels of the factor B in this experiment.
(h) There are ______ replicates of this experiment.

(i) Would you conclude that the effect of factor B depends on the level of factor A (Yes or No)?
(j) An estimate of the standard deviation of the response variable is ______.

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Source DF SS MS F P-value Factor A 0.0833 0.05 0.952 Factor B 96.333 96.3333 57.80 <0.001 Interaction 2 12.167 6.0833 3.65 Error 6 10.000 Total 11 118.667