Comparison of More than Two Means

Analysis of Variance
 ANOVA (Analysis of Variance)
11.2 ANOVA with a Single Factor
• Example 11.1: The technicians of a paper processing company
decide to carry out an experiment in order to study which
variety of tree produces less contents of phenols in the waste
of paper pulp. The following data represent the quantities
obtained (in %).

Do any of the tree varieties produce more phenols?

This problem deals with the comparison of the means of three treatments,
being ‘Variety of tree’ the only factor under study.
If we place the data for each type of tree in a different column, we have to
proceed as shown below.