The rates of returns data from year 2000 to 2009 in Table 4.15 is listed below:

At the α = 0.05, can we conclude that the two stocks and the general market generate about the same average rate of return by using a one-way ANOVA?

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Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 JNJ 0.140 -0.431 -0.078 -0.021 0.249 -0.032 0.122 0.035 -0.076 0.108 MRK 0.412 -0.357 -0.013 -0.158 -0.272 0.037 0.418 0.367 -0.451 0.254 S&P 500 0.075 -0.163 -0.168 -0.029 0.171 0.068 0.086 0.127 -0.174 -0.223