You are the microbiologist at a national food processing chain. Two independent subcontractors are bidding to produce your latest food item that should really boost sales. It is your job to determine which plant should get the bid based on their microbial cleanliness of their product. You homogenize and culture three samples of their product.

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You are the microbiologist at a national food processing chain. Two independent subcontractors are bidding to produce your latest food item that should really boost sales. It is your job to determine which plant should get the bid based on their microbial cleanliness of their product. You homogenize and culture three samples of their product.
Number of colonies
Plant A; 2000, 2578, 2100 Mean = 2226   SD= 308.9142
Plant B: 1780, 1900, 1998 Mean = 1892.667  SD= 109.1849
p- value = 0.152835
Question: Which plant will you recommend get the bid? What scientific information did you base your answer on?