Social Statistics - Module 9 - Anova Study Guide Questions And Correct Answers

Which of the following is an assumption of ANOVA? {Ans: Independent random samples are used}A larger F obtained statistic means that there is more __________ variance than __________ variance. {Ans: between-group; within-group}What does the between-group sum of squares measure? {Ans: The sum of the squared deviations between each group mean and the mean across all groups}The between-group sum of squares and the within-group sum of squares compose the {Ans: total sum of squares.}The F statistic is the ratio of between-group variance to within-group variance. {Ans: True}In order to determine whether the differences between group means are statistically significant, ANOVA examines the differences {Ans: between and within groups}