Question

fund yield by asset class
small cap
fund\tyield (%)
explorer value\t1.39
small - cap value index admiral\t2.46
small - cap index admiral shares\t1.49
strategic small - cap equity\t2.25
explorer\t0.17
small - cap growth index admiral\t0.21
explorer value\t0.32
small - cap etf\t1.44
mid cap
fund\tyield (%)
capital value\t0.96
mid - cap value index admiral\t0.93
extended market index admiral shares\t1.22
mid - cap index admiral shares\t1.52
mid - cap growth\t1.84
capital value\t0.32
strategic equity\t1.54
capital opportunity admiral shares\t1.68
large cap
fund\tyield (%)
equity income\t3.24
high dividend yield index\t3.50
500 index admiral shares\t0.93
diversified equity\t1.23
ftse social index\t1.42
growth equity\t1.57
u.s. growth\t0.37
windsor\t1.64
sum of squares for treatments ≈ 1.0610
sum of squares for error ≈ 16.6578
step 2 of 2: find the mean square for treatments. round your answer to two decimal places. if necessary.
answer
mean square for treatments=

Explanation:

Step1: Recall mean - square formula

The formula for the mean square for treatments ($MS_{tr}$) is $MS_{tr}=\frac{SS_{tr}}{df_{tr}}$. In a one - way ANOVA (if this is the context, and when the number of groups is $k$, $df_{tr}=k - 1$). When not given the degrees of freedom for treatments and assuming a simple case where we just divide the sum of squares for treatments by 1 (if there is some implicit single - factor structure), we use the formula $MS_{tr}=\frac{SS_{tr}}{1}$ since we are not given information about the number of groups to calculate degrees of freedom. Here, $SS_{tr}$ (sum of squares for treatments) is given as approximately $1.0610$.

Step2: Calculate mean square for treatments

$MS_{tr}=1.0610\approx1.06$ (rounded to two decimal places)

Answer:

$1.06$