GENERAL PROCEDURES IN

PERFORMING ANOVA USING SPSS

Identify research objectives and research design to determine
which ANOVA to be employed (refer to slides):
a. Comparing 3 (or more) population means using independent research
design – Oneway ANOVA
b. Comparing 2 (or more) population means using repeated measures –
Repeated Measures
(Make sure your research data are in the form of interval or
ratio scale!)

Perform Normality Test on each set of the population data (as

represented by the respective set of sample data) using
Descriptive/ Explore (refer to slides).
Proceed to perform the selected ANOVA only if the distribution
of population data (as represented by the sample data) is likely
to be normal.
Perform the selected type of ANOVA (refer to slides)

(if you are performing Oneway ANOVA)

Check the homogeneity of variances computed by the
Levene’s Test (refer slides):
a. If the assumption of equal variances is likely to be true (i.e. when
the Sig. level obtained by Levene’s Test is greater than α),
proceed with the statistical interpretation based on the test
results generated by SPSS.
b. If the assumption of equal variances is not likely to be true (i.e.
when the Sig. level obtained by Levene’s Test is less than α), it is
not advisable to proceed with the statistical interpretation of test
results. Proceeding with statistical interpretation may yield to an
inappropriate conclusion.
Study the test results and make statistical interpretation. Follow
the following rules (refer to slides):

Compute/Check the effect size (refer to slides):

a. In the case of Oneway ANOVA – compute the estimated
effect size
b. In the case of Repeated Measures – check the estimated
effect size (which can be produced by SPSS via an optional
request)
Perform post hoc test (in the situation where H0 is
rejected – refer to slides)

Report the full statistical results (test results and

interpretation) using suggested format (refer to slides)