The Annual Dividend Rates for a Random Sample of 16

Multiple Choice

The annual dividend rates for a random sample of 16 companies in three different industries, utilities, banking, and insurance were recorded. The ANOVA comparing the mean annual dividend rate among three industries rejected the null hypothesis that the dividend rates were equal. 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