For an ANOVA test if Fcritical is 389 and Fdata is 287 then

For an ANOVA test, if F-critical is 3.89 and F-data is 2.87, then

Answer Choices:

a) the Null Hypothesis should not be rejected
b) Need full ANOVA table to answer the question
c) the Null Hypothesis may be rejected
d) the Null Hypothesis should be rejected

Please explain how to solve this.

Solution

Since F statistics value is less than F-critical value (F-data < F-critical) so null hypothesis should be rejected. hence, option d is correct.