The value of the test statistic F for an ANOVA test is calculated as

Variance between samples MSB

F= =
Variance within samples MSW

To calculate MSB and MSW, first compute the between – samples sum of squares
denoted by SSB and the within – samples sum of squares denoted by SSW. The
sum of SSB and SSW is called the Total sum of squares and if it is denoted by
SST. That is,

SST = SSB + SSW.

The values of SSB and SSW are calculated using the following formulas.

The between-samples sum of squares, denoted by SSB,

Where = sum of sample in the ith group

= number of samples in the ith group

The within-samples sum of squares, denoted by SSW

The variance between samples MSB and the variables within samples MSW are
calculated using the following formulas .

The MSB and MSW are calculated as

Where k – 1 and n – k are respectively, the degrees of freedom for

the numerator and denominator for the F distribution