The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) monitors levels of pollutants in the air for cities across the country. Ozone pollution levels are measured using a 500-point scale; lower scores indicate little health risk, and higher scores indicate greater health risk. The following data show the peak levels of ozone pollution in four cities (Birmingham, Alabama; Memphis, Tennessee; Little Rock, Arkansas; and Jackson, Mississippi) for 10 dates:
City Date Birmingham AL Memphis TN Little Rock AR Jackson MS
Jan 17 20 30 26 23
Jan 18 23 23 24 26
Jan 31 26 33 - -
Feb 14 - - - -
Feb 17 - - - -
Feb 20 - - - -
Feb 29 - - - -
Use a = 0.05 to test for any significant difference in the mean peak ozone levels among the four cities.
Source Degrees of Freedom Sum of Squares Mean Square P-value F crit
Date 9 - - - -
City 3 - - - -
Error 27 - - - -
Total 39 - - - -