Exercise for Section 24

1. ANOVA stands for what three words?

Analysis of variance.

2. What is the name of the test that can be conducted with an ANOVA?

. An Ftest.

3. An ANOVA can be appropriately used to test only the difference between two
means. Is this statement true or false?

False.

4. If the difference between a pair of means is tested with ANOVA, will the probability
level be different from that where the difference was tested with a t test?

No.

5. Which statistic in an ANOVA table is of greatest interest to the typical consumer of

research?

The value of p.

6. Suppose you read this statement: The difference between the means was not
statistically significant at the .05 level(F = 2.293, df = 12, 18). Should you conclude
that the null hypothesis was rejected?

No

7. Suppose you read this statement: The difference between the means was statistically
significant at the .01 level(F =3.409, df = 14, 17). Should you conclude that the null
hypothesis was rejected?

Yes

8. Suppose you saw this in the footnote to a one-way ANOVA table: p < .05. Are the
differences statistically significant?

Yes

9. Suppose participants were classified according to their grade level in order to test the
differences among the means for the grade levels. Does this call for a one-way
ANOVA or a two-way ANOVA?

One-way ANOVA

10. Suppose that the participants were classified according to their grade levels and their
country of birth in order to study differences among means for both grade level and
country of birth. Does this call for a one-way ANOVA or a two-way ANOVA?
Two-way ANOVA

11. Briefly describe a hypothetical study in which it would be appropriate to conduct a

one-way ANOVA but not appropriate to conduct a t test.

While answers may vary, students should describe a study in which there are more than two groups
whose means are to be compared.