a chemical engineer wants to compare the hardness of four blends of paint. six samples of each paint blend were applied to a piece of metal. the pieces of metal were cured. then each sample was measured for hardness. in order to test for the equality of means and to assess the differences between pairs of means, the analyst uses a one-way anova with multiple comparisons, finding a resulting f test statistic of 6.02 with a p-value of .034. what is the appropriate statistical conclusion? a chemical engineer wants to compare the hardness of four blends of paint. six samples of each paint blend were applied to a piece of metal. the pieces of metal were cured. then each sample was measured for hardness. in order to test for the equality of means and to assess the differences between pairs of means, the analyst uses a one-way anova with multiple comparisons, finding a resulting f test statistic of 6.02 with a p-value of .034. what is the appropriate statistical conclusion? retain the null hypothesis; the results are likely due to chance alone. reject the null hypothesis; the results are unlikely due to chance alone. reject the null hypothesis; the results are likely due to chance alone. retain the null hypothesis; the results are unlikely due to chance alone.
