ANOVA QUIZ

1. In analysis of variance, observed mean differences appear somewhat disguised as

variability

a. between groups
b. between subjects
c. within groups
d. within subjects

2. If the null hypothesis is rejected, variability between groups reflects

a. only the treatment effect

b. only random error
c. random error and possibly treatment effect
d. both random error and the treatment effect

3. In an experiment involving four different groups, each consisting of 5 subjects, the

degrees of freedom for between groups equals

a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 20

4. In a table that summarizes the results of an analysis of variance, the word “Between”
might be replaced by

a. “Within”
b. “Error”
c. “Treatment”
d. “Total”

5. In an experiment involving three different groups, each consisting of 4 subjects, the

sum of squares for between groups equals 6 and that for within groups equals 18.
Therefore, the F ratio equals

a. 1
b. 1.5
c. 2
d. 3
6. Rejection of the overall null hypothesis usually raises some additional questions
regarding

a. the estimated size of the overall effect

b. which differences between the means caused the rejection of the overall null
hypothesis
c. both a and b
d. neither a nor b

7. Rejection of the overall null hypothesis indicates that

a. at least one pair of means differs from the other pairs

b. at least several population means differ from each other
c. at least some population means are equal
d. all population means are different

8.
SOURCE SS df MS F
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Between 60 4 15 0.75
Within 1000 50 20

Total ------ ---

1060 54

In the above experiment, the number of groups equals

a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 54

9. In the above experiment, the total number of subjects equals

a. 50
b. 54
c. 55
d. 108

10. Given the results for the above experiment, the null hypothesis

a. should be accepted
b. should be rejected
c. cannot be evaluated because of inadequate information
d. is less than one