A Random Sample of 16 Companies Was Selected and Asked

Multiple Choice

A random sample of 16 companies was selected and asked for their annual dividend rate in three different industries: utilities, banking, and insurance. The ANOVA comparing the mean annual dividend rate among three industries rejected the null hypothesis. The Mean Square Error (MSE) was 3.36. The following table summarized the results: Based on the comparison between the mean annual dividend rate for companies in the utilities and insurance industries,

A) A confidence interval shows that the mean annual dividend rates are not significantly different.
B) The ANOVA results show that the mean annual dividend rates are significantly different.
C) A confidence interval shows that the mean annual dividend rates are significantly different.
D) The ANOVA results show that the mean annual dividend rates are not significantly different.