Chapter 11, Problem 11PS

QSR has been reporting on the largest quick-serve and fast-casual brands in the United States for nearly 15 years. The file contains QSR contains the food segment (burger, chicken, pizza, or sandwich) and U.S. mean sales per unit ( $\text{\$}$ thousands) for each of 38 quick-service brands. (Data extracted from bit.ly/16GJIEn.)

a. At the 0.05 level of significance, is there evidence of a difference in the mean U.S. mean sales per unit ( $\text{\$}$ thousands) among the food segments?

b. At the 0.05 level of significance, is there a difference in the variation in U.S. average sales per unit ( $\text{\$}$ thousands) among the food segments?

c. What effect does your result in (b) have on the validity of the results in (a)?