Business Statistc - Example Sheet - ANOVA

1.In one-way ANOVA, the amount of total variation that is unexplained is measured by the:
a. sum of squares for treatments.
b. sum of squares for error.
c. total sum of squares.
d. degrees of freedom.
2. The test statistic of the single-factor ANOVA equals:
a. sum of squares for treatments / sum of squares for error.
b. sum of squares for error / sum of squares for treatments.
c. mean square within groups / mean square between groups.
d. mean square between groups / mean square within groups.
3. In a single-factor analysis of variance, MSG is the mean square between groups and MSW is the mean square within
groups. The null hypothesis of equal population means is rejected if:
a. MSG is much smaller than MSW.
b. MSG is much larger than MSW.
c. MSG is equal to MSW.
d. None of these choices.
4. Which of the following is not a required condition for one-way ANOVA?
a. The sample sizes must be equal.
b. The populations must all be normally distributed.
c. The population variances must be equal.
d. The samples for each treatment must be selected randomly and independently.
5. The analysis of variance is a procedure that allows statisticians to compare two or more population:
a. means.
b. proportions.
c. variances.
d. standard deviations.
6. The distribution of the test statistic for analysis of variance is the:
a. normal distribution.
b. Student t-distribution.
c. F-distribution.
d. None of these choices.
7. In the one-way ANOVA where there are k treatments and n observations, the degrees of freedom for the F-statistic are
equal to, respectively:
a. n and k.
b. k and n.
c. n k and k 1.
d. k 1 and n k.
8. In the one-way ANOVA where k is the number of treatments and n is the number of observations in all samples, the
degrees of freedom for treatments is given by:
a. k 1
b. n-k
c. n-1
d. n-k+1
9. The number of degrees of freedom for the denominator in one-way ANOVA test involving 4 population means with 15
observations sampled from each population is:
a. 60
b. 19
c. 56
d. 45
10. The value of the test statistic in a ANOVA table is F = 6.29. The degrees of freedom for the numerator and denominator
are 5 and 10, respectively. Using an F table, the most accurate statements to be made about the p-value is that it is:
a. greater than 0.05
b. between 0.025 and 0.050.
c. between 0.010 and 0.025.
d. between 0.001 and 0.010.

11. One-way ANOVA is applied to independent samples taken from three normally distributed populations with equal
variances. Which of the following is the null hypothesis for this procedure?
a. 1 + 2 + 3 = 0
b. 1 + 2 + 3 0
c. 1 = 2 = 3 = 0
d. 1 = 2 = 3
12. Consider the following ANOVA table:
Source of Variation
Between Groups
Within Groups
Total

SS
4
30
34

The number of groups is

a. 13
b. 5

df
2
12
14

MS
2.0
2.5

F
0.80

c. 3

d. 12

13. In one-way analysis of variance, if all the sample means are equal, then the:
a. total sum of squares is zero.
b. sum of squares for error is zero.
c. sum of squares for treatments is zero.
d. sum of squares for error equals sum of squares for treatments.

14. The ANOVA procedure is a statistical approach for determining whether or not the
A. means of two samples are equal
B. means of more than two samples are equal
C. means of two or more populations are equal
D. none of the above
15. In a two-way ANOVA the degrees of freedom for the interaction term are
A. (H- 1)(K - 1)
B. (H-1)
C. HKn+1
D. HK(n-1)
Given the following information, answer the questions from 16 to 18:

16. The sporting goods retailer decided to perform an ANOVA F test. The amount of total variation or SST is
A. 21.34

B. 81.33

C. 102.67

D. 108.67

17. the among or between group variation or SSG is

A. 21.34
B. 81.33
C. 102.67

D. 108.67

18. the value of MSG is __________, while MSW is __________

A. 2.67 and 27.11, respectively
B. 27.11 and 2.67, respectively
C. 47.11 and 12.67, respectively
D. 12.67 and 47.11, respectively
Given the following information, answer the questions from 19 to 22:

19. the degrees of freedom for the different building signs (groups) is
A.1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 8
20. the mean squares for starting location (blocks) is
A. 48
B. 4413.17
C. 12288

D. 14008.3

21. the F test statistic for testing the interaction effect between the types of signs and the starting location is
A. 0.0109
B. 2.7844
C. 3.1742
D. 5.3176
22. at 1% level of significance,
A. there is insufficient evidence to conclude that the difference between the average traveling time for the
different starting locations depends on the types of signs.
B. there is insufficient evidence to conclude that the difference between the average traveling time for the
different types of signs depends on the starting locations.
C. there is insufficient evidence to conclude that the relationship between traveling time and the types of signs
depends on the starting locations.
D. All of these above
23. the error (within) degrees of freedom is
A. 1
B. 4
C. 8
D. 11
24. the F test statistic for testing the main effect of types of signs is ____
A. 0.0109
B. 2.7844
C. 3.1742
D. 5.3176
True/False

1. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) models test hypotheses about the population variance.
2. When the F test is used for ANOVA the rejection region is always in the left tail.
3. The null hypothesis for analysis of variance states that at least one pair of population means is not equal.
4. The MSE must always be positive in a two-way ANOVA setting.
5. For one-way AVOVA, the total sum of squares is decomposed into the treatment-groups sum of squares and
between-groups sum of squares.
6. In a one-way ANOVA, the variances for all populations are assumed to be the same.
7. In a one-way ANOVA, all the populations may or may not be normally distributed.
8. The Kruskal-Wallis test assumes that the K populations have the same variability.
9. The F-test in ANOVA is an expansion of the t-test for two independent population means.
10. The F-statistic in a one-way ANOVA represents the variation within the treatments divided by the variation
between the treatments.