Do high school students from different racial/ethnic groups have different attitudes toward mathematics? Measure the level of interest in mathematics on a five-point scale for a national random sample of students. Here are summaries for students who were taking math at the time of the survey. Racial/Ethnic group n x s
African American 801 2.57 1.45
White 1867 2.28 1.32
Asian/Pacific Islander 653 2.63 1.29
Hispanic 878 2.45 1.29
Native American 204 2.51 1.25

Required:
a. Calculate the ANOVA table and the F statistic.
b. Software gives

P < 0.001.

1. What explains the small P-value?
2. The standard deviations are very similar.
3. There are several groups being compared.
4. The mean responses are very similar.
5. The sample sizes are very large.