Tukey Test

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 Tukey Test
Also known as the Tukey's test, Tukey method, Tukey's
honest significance test, or Tukey's HSD (honestly
significant difference) test

It is a single-step multiple comparison

procedure and statistical test.
» It can be used on raw data or in conjunction with an
ANOVA to find means that are significantly different
from each other.
» Named after John Tukey, it compares all possible pairs
of means, using their absolute differences and is based
on a studentized range distribution (q).

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 WHEN TO USE TUKEY POST HOC TEST
Is Null Hypothesis (HO) Further
No further
analysis is
N REJECTED? Y analysis is
required i.e. We do not ACCEPT required
the NULL (HO)
Post Anova (Post Hoc Test)
An ANOVA test can tell you if your results are significant
overall, but it won’t tell you exactly where those
differences lie.
After you have run an ANOVA and found significant
results, then you can run Tukey’s HSD to find out which
specific group’s means (compared with each other) are
different. The test compares all possible pairs of means.
Calculate HSD for each pair of means using the following
formula:
Where:
• Mi – Mj : is the difference
between the pair of means. to
calculate this, Mi should be
larger than Mj
• MSw : MSw is the Mean
Square Within, and n is the
number in the group or
treatment.
• nh : Number per
treatment/group.
 General Steps
How to use Tukey Test?

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Step 1 If F > Fcrit or P-value < α
Perform the ANOVA Then your F value is
SIGNIFICANT
test.
Assuming your F value is
significant, you can run the
post hoc test.

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Step 2
Choose two means Means (A & B is chosen for example)
from the ANOVA nh (5)

output.
Note the following:
• Means (Mi & Mj). Assume A
& B as first mean to test
• Mean Square Within (MSw)
• Number per
treatment/group (nh) MSw
• Degrees of freedom Within dfw
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 Note:
The Mi should always
equivalent to the
highest mean of two
chosen sample mean
Step 3
Calculate Tukey
(HSD).
Calculate the HSD statistic
for the Tukey test using the
formula.

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 We have 3 treatments/groups or k (A,B,C)

This is the critical value

of T (Score)
df = Total of n(15) – k(3)

Step 4
df = n – k or 15 – 3
df = 12

Find the Score.

Find the score in
Tukey’s critical value table.

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 The absolute values of the paired means
are as follows: HSD > T critical

Step 5 • Treatment A : Treatment B - 3.93 > 3.77

{There is a significant difference at 0.05 level of significance}

Compare HSD and Since HSD > Tcritical, then

the difference of treatment
Tcritical • Treatment A : Treatmentin
C A and B are significant
Compare Tukey (HSD) with
the Critical value of T Repeat step 1 to 5 in order to
get the result for A and C, B
(Score).
and C
If HSD > Tcritical then there is a • Treatment B : Treatment C
significant difference
between the two sample
mean. (Else, there is no
significant difference)
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 The absolute values of the paired means
are as follows:

• Treatment A : Treatment B - 3.93 > 3.77

Conclusion {There is a significant difference at 0.05 level of significance}

Expected Result
• Treatment A : Treatment C - 0.79 < 3.77
Assuming that the {There is no significant difference}
procedures are followed
correctly, this the expected
result.
• Treatment B : Treatment C - 3.14 < 3.77
{There is no significant difference}

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“The greatest glory in living
lies not in never falling, but in
rising every time we fall.”

- Nelson Mandela

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Thank You
Darvin D. San Pedro
+63 939 0048 379
ddsanpedro2657ant@student.fatima.edu.ph
sanpedrodarvin@gmail.com
REFERRENCES

PDF
• OLFU MODULE (MABC 202 Week_17d_Tukey)

LINK
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQr190cacC0&t=224s
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tukey%27s_range_test
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tukey
• https://www.socscistatistics.com/tests/anova/default2.aspx

TOOLS
• MS EXCEL 2016

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