Learning Objectives

After reading this chapter, you should be able to:

  1. Define the one-way between-subjects ANOVA and identify each source of variation in this statistical procedure.
  2. Calculate the degrees of freedom for the one-way between-subjects ANOVA and locate critical values in the F table.
  3. Identify the assumptions for the one-way between-subjects ANOVA.
  4. Compute the one-way between-subjects ANOVA and interpret the results.
  5. Compute the Fisher’s LSD and Tukey’s HSD post hoc tests and identify which test is most powerful.
  6. Compute and interpret proportion of variance for the one-way between-subjects ANOVA.
  7. Summarize the results of the one-way between-subjects ANOVA in APA format.
  8. Compute the one-way between-subjects ANOVA and select an appropriate post hoc test using SPSS.