The Cost of Lumber A national home builder wants to compare the prices per 1,000 board feet of standard or better grade Douglas fir framing lumber. He randomly selects five suppliers in each of the four states where the builder is planning to begin construction. The prices are given in the table.
State
1
2
3
4
$241
$216
$230
$245
235
220
225
250
238
205
247
213
228
255
240
a. What type of experimental design has been used?
b. Construct the analysis of variance table for this data.
c. Do the data provide sufficient evidence to indicate that the average price per 1000 board feet of Douglas fir differs among the four states? Test using a = .05.
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