Applebee's International, Inc

Multiple Choice

Applebee's International, Inc., is a U.S. company that develops, franchises, and operates the Applebee's Neighborhood Grill and Bar restaurant chain. It is the largest chain of casual dining restaurants in the country, with over 1,500 restaurants across the United States. The headquarters is located in Overland Park, Kansas. The company is interested in determining if mean weekly revenue differs among three restaurants in a particular city. The file entitled Applebees contains revenue data for a sample of weeks for each of the three locations. Test to determine if blocking the week on which the testing was done was necessary. Use a significance level of 0.05.

A) The p-value = 0.078 > α = 0.05. This indicates that inserting the week on which the testing was done was necessary.
B) The p-value = 0.078 > α = 0.05. This indicates that inserting the week on which the testing was done was not necessary.
C) The p-value = 0.000 < α = 0.05. This indicates that inserting the week on which the testing was done was necessary.
D) The p-value = 0.000 < α = 0.05. This indicates that inserting the week on which the testing was done was not necessary.