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12.4.5 Using Minitab for Hypothesis Testing with the
F
Statistic for the
Difference in the Means of More Than Two Populations
Minitab can also be used for hypothesis testing with F statistic for testing the difference in the
means of more than two populations. As a rst step, select Stat from the menu bar. A pull-
down menu will appear on the screen and from this menu, select ANOVA/One-Way. The One-
Way Analysis of Variance dialog box will appear on the screen (Figure 12.6). Select Response
data are in a separate column for each factor level and by using select, place samples in