Hypothesis testing of employment

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A University employment office wants to compare the time taken by graduates with 3 different majors to find their first jobs after graduation. The following tables lists the time (in days) taken to find their first full time job after graduation for a random sample of 8 business majors, 7 computer science majors & 6 engineering majors who graduated in May 2005.

Business Computer Engineering Science

36 56 26

62 13 51

35 24 63

80 28 46

27 47 78

48 44 34

76 20

44

At the 5% significance level, can you conclude that the mean time taken to find their first job for all 2005 graduates in these fields is the same?

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