Week 8 Flashcards
ANOVA H0
means for all groups are identical
Why use ANOVA instead of t-tests
cannot compare each pair with a t test
cannot look at more than one IV at a time
inflates T1 error rate
When assumptions are met, ANOVA is more powerful than t-tests for more than two groups
ANOVA allows us to evaluate all the means in a single hypothesis test, and keep our a at .05
family wise alpha level
probability of making at least one T1 error among a series of comparisons
decisionwise alpha level
alpha level for each comparison
SST
total variability between scores
SSM
variability between group means (our model)
how much variability is accounted for by IV
SSR
residual variability
unexplained variance due to chance (within groups variability or error of SS)
SST=
SSM+SSR
In an ANOVA, we need to determine
whether thee model explains more variability than the residuals, using the F-ratio
SSM>SSR
F=
MS model/MS residual
MS between tx/ MS within tx
MSM=
SSM/df model
SSM/k-1
MSR=
SSR/df residual
SSR/n-k
No treatment effect
MSR>MSM
F<1
non significant
Treatment has an effect
MSM>MSR
F>1
significant
ANOVA assumptions
independence of observations
interval/ratio data
normality
homogeneity of variance
checking homogeneity of variance
boxplots between treatment groups
if normality is violated
n equal across groups + large, then ok
if not:
transform data
use a non-parametric test (Kruskal-Wallis test)
