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Analysis of Variance

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In this chapter we cover the case where we wish to compare the means from several groups, where “several” is defined as more than two. The method we use in this case is called an Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), which is a well-known and widely-used statistical procedure.

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Sabo, R., Boone, E. (2013). Analysis of Variance. In: Statistical Research Methods. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8708-1_8

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