Students were classified according to three parental income groups and also according to three possible score ranges on the SAT examination. One student was chosen randomly from each of the nine cross-classifications, and the grade point averages of those sample members at the end of the sophomore year were recorded. The results are shown in the accompanying table.                            Income Group Sat Score    High    Moderate    Low Very high     3.7          3.6           3.6 High            3.4          3.5            3.2 Moderate    2.9          2.8            3.0 a. Prepare the analysis of variance table. b. Test the null hypothesis that the population mean grade point averages are the same for all three in- come groups. c. Test the null hypothesis that the population mean grade point averages are the same for all three SAT score groups.

Definition Definition Measure of central tendency that is the average of a given data set. The mean value is evaluated as the quotient of the sum of all observations by the sample size. The mean, in contrast to a median, is affected by extreme values. Very large or very small values can distract the mean from the center of the data. Arithmetic mean: The most common type of mean is the arithmetic mean. It is evaluated using the formula: μ = 1 N ∑ i = 1 N x i Other types of means are the geometric mean, logarithmic mean, and harmonic mean. Geometric mean: The nth root of the product of n observations from a data set is defined as the geometric mean of the set: G = x 1 x 2 ... x n n Logarithmic mean: The difference of the natural logarithms of the two numbers, divided by the difference between the numbers is the logarithmic mean of the two numbers. The logarithmic mean is used particularly in heat transfer and mass transfer. ln x 2 − ln x 1 x 2 − x 1 Harmonic mean: The inverse of the arithmetic mean of the inverses of all the numbers in a data set is the harmonic mean of the data. 1 1 x 1 + 1 x 2 + ...