Bagel Boys is a chain that sells New York style bagels at three locations. The owner of

Question:

Bagel Boys is a chain that sells New York€“ style bagels at three locations. The owner of the chain would like to investigate if there is a difference in the number of bagels sold per day at each location. A random week was selected, and the number of bagels sold each day at each location was recorded. The data are as follows and can also be found in the file bagels. xlsx.

a. Using Î± = 0.05, does there appear to be a difference in the number of bagels sold per day by the three stores?
b. Was blocking effective? Why or why not?
c. If warranted, determine which pairs of stores were different using Î± = 0.05.
d. Verify your results with Excel.