QUIZ ON ONE-WAY ANALYSIS OF

VARIANCE

1. A psychologist is studying the effects of noise on concentration. The scores below are the number
of errors made on a basic vocabulary test under varying noise levels. Conduct a one-way
ANOVA using an α = .05. Follow up with Tukey’s HSD.

Quiet (𝑋1) Low noise Moderate noise (𝑋3) Loud noise

(𝑋2)
2 3
0 1
1 2
1 1
(𝑋4)
4 6
2 4
2 4
2 3

Computing the mean

Quiet (X1) Low noise (X2) Moderate noise (X3) Loud Noise (X4)
2 3 4 6
0 1 2 4
1 2 2 4
1 1 2 3
x̄ i= 1 x̄ i= 1.75 x̄ i= 2.5 x̄ i= 4.25

Completing the table

Quiet (X1) X12 Low X22 Moderate X32 Loud Noise X42
noise noise (X3) (X4)
(X2)
2 4 3 9 4 16 6 36
0 0 1 1 2 4 4 16
1 1 2 4 2 4 4 16
1 1 1 1 2 4 3 9
T=4 ∑ x 1 2=6 T=7 ∑ x 2 2=15 T = 10 ∑ x 3 2=28 T = 17 ∑ x 4 2=77
ni= 4 ni= 4 ni= 4 ni=4
 x̄ I (/)=1 x̄ I (/)=1.75 x̄ I (/)=2.5 x̄ I (/)= 4.25
Ss= 2 ss = 2.75 Ss = 3 Ss = 4.75

Completing the ANOVA Table

SOURCE SS df MS F
Between Groups 23.25 3 7.75 7.45
Within Groups 12.5 12 1.04
Total 35.75 15

The observed value was 7.45 which is higher than the critical table, thus the null hypothesis is rejected.
There are also differences in the four levels when it comes to mean variations.