As oil drilling costs rise at unprecedented rates, the task of measuring drilling performance becomes essential to a successful oil company. One method of lowering drilling costs is to increase drilling speed. Researchers at Cities Service Co. have developed a drill bit, called the PD-1, which they believe penetrates rock at a faster rate than any other bit on the market. It is decided to compare the speed of the PD-1 with the two fastest drill bits known, the IADC 1-2-6 and the IADC 5-1-7, at 12 drilling locations in Texas. Four drilling sites were randomly assigned to each bit, and the rate of penetration (RoP) in feet per hour (fph) was recorded after drilling 3,000 feet at each site. The data are given in the table. Can Cities Service Co. conclude that the mean RoP differs for at least two of the three drill bits? Test at α = .05. If appropriate, rank the treatment means using a multiple comparisons procedure.

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DRILLBIT PD-1 IADC 1-2-6 IADC 5-1-7 35.2 25.8 14.7 30.1 29.7 28.9 37.6 26.6 23.3 34.3 30.1 16.2