Master ANOVA: Statistical Technique for Comparing Group Means

Question 1

The primary purpose of an Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) test is to:

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Compare the means of two or more groups

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Determine the probability of a relationship between two variables

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Predict the value of a single variable

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Assess the significance of a statistical model

Question 2

In a one-way ANOVA, the independent variable must be:

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Categorical (non-numerical)

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Continuous (numerical)

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Both categorical and continuous

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Neither categorical nor continuous

Question 3

Which of the following is **not** an assumption of ANOVA?

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Linear relationship between the independent and dependent variables

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Independence of observations

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Normality of residuals

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Equal variances of groups

Question 4

In a two-way ANOVA, the interaction effect between two independent variables is tested by:

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The interaction term in the statistical model

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The main effect of the first independent variable

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The main effect of the second independent variable

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The residual term in the statistical model

Question 5

Which of the following is **not** a type of ANOVA design?

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Crossover

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Nested

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Repeated measures

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Factorial

Question 6

In a factorial ANOVA, the number of possible interactions between independent variables is:

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The product of the number of levels for each independent variable

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The number of independent variables

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The number of independent variables minus one

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The sum of the number of levels for each independent variable

Question 7

In a one-way ANOVA with equal group variances, the pooled variance is calculated as:

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The sum of the group variances divided by the total number of observations

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The average of the group variances

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The square of the overall sample variance

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The difference between the largest and smallest group variances

Question 8

ANOVA is primarily used to compare:

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The means of multiple groups

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The variances of multiple groups

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The correlations between multiple variables

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The slopes of multiple regression lines

Question 9

In a two-way ANOVA, the interaction term indicates whether:

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The effect of one factor depends on the level of the other factor

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The means of all groups are equal

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The variances of all groups are equal

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The residuals are normally distributed

Question 10

Factorial ANOVA is suitable when you want to examine the effects of:

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Multiple factors simultaneously

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A single factor at multiple levels

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The interaction between two factors

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The relationship between a dependent and independent variable

Question 11

The F-statistic in ANOVA represents the ratio of:

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Between-group variance to within-group variance

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Group means

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Standard deviations

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Variances

Question 12

Post-hoc tests are primarily used to:

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Identify significant differences between specific groups

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Determine the sample size

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Estimate population parameters

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Test the assumptions of ANOVA

Question 13

A non-parametric alternative to ANOVA for data that does not meet the assumption of normality is:

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Kruskal-Wallis test

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Chi-square test

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Linear regression

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T-test

Question 14

A significant interaction effect in ANOVA suggests that:

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The effect of one factor depends on the level of another factor

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All group means are equal

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The interaction effect is too small to be considered significant

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The effects of both factors are independent

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT a type of Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)?

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Multiple-choice ANOVA

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One-way ANOVA

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Two-way ANOVA

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Factorial ANOVA

Question 16

What does the F-statistic in ANOVA represent?

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The ratio of between-group variance to within-group variance

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The difference between group means

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The overall variability in the data

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The effect size of the ANOVA

Question 17

How do you interpret a statistically significant ANOVA result?

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The group means are significantly different

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The residuals are not normally distributed

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The variance is not homogeneous

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The relationship between variables is not linear

Question 18

Which of the following post-hoc tests is used to compare all pairwise combinations of group means in ANOVA?

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Tukey's Honestly Significant Difference (HSD) test

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Bonferroni test

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Scheffé test

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Newman-Keuls test

Question 19

When should a two-way ANOVA be used instead of a one-way ANOVA?

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When there are two independent variables

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When there are more than two groups

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When the variance is not homogeneous

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When the residuals are not normally distributed

Question 20

What is the primary purpose of a factorial ANOVA?

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To test for interactions between two or more independent variables

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To compare the effects of multiple independent variables

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To determine the main effects of individual variables

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To control for confounding variables

Question 21

To compare the means of two or more groups with a single independent variable, which type of ANOVA should be used?

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One-way ANOVA

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Two-way ANOVA

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Factorial ANOVA

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Multivariate ANOVA

Question 22

For an ANOVA test, the null hypothesis assumes that:

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The means of all groups are equal.

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The means of at least one group differ from the others.

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The sample variances are equal.

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The observations are independent.

Question 23

In a factorial ANOVA, the main effect of a factor represents:

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The average effect of that factor across all levels of the other factors.

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The effect of that factor at a specific level of the other factors.

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The distinction between the means of that factor's highest and lowest levels.

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The interaction between that factor and the other factors.

Question 24

Which of the following violates the assumption of independence in ANOVA?

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Repeated measurements on the same subjects.

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Sampling with replacement.

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Random assignment to groups.

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Use of a blocking factor.

Question 25

In ANOVA, the purpose of a blocking factor is to:

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Control for the influence of an extraneous variable.

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Enhance the power of the test.

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Reduce the sample size.

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Ensure the independence of observations.

Question 26

In a one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), the independent variable is known as the:

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Factor

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Treatment

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Response variable

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Dependent variable

Question 27

The F-test in ANOVA is used to:

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Test the hypothesis that all group means are equal

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Estimate the variance within each group

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Calculate the effect size

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Determine the sample size

Question 28

When is it appropriate to use a two-way ANOVA?

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There are two independent variables with two levels each

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There is one independent variable with two levels

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There are two independent variables with more than two levels

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There is only one independent variable

Question 29

Which of the following is NOT a type of ANOVA?

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Multiple Analysis of Variance (MANOVA)

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One-way ANOVA

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Two-way ANOVA

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Factorial ANOVA

Question 30

In a one-way ANOVA, the null hypothesis states that:

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The means of all groups are equal

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The means of some groups are not equal

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The variance within each group is equal

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The observations are independent

Question 31

Which of the following is a key benefit of using ANOVA?

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Allows for the comparison of means between multiple groups

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Robust to violations of assumptions

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Easy to interpret

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Computationally efficient

Question 32

In a research study, when should you use two-way ANOVA instead of one-way ANOVA?

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To examine the impact of two independent variables on a single dependent variable

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To compare the means of more than two groups

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To analyze the relationship between two variables

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When the sample size is small

Question 33

What does a non-significant ANOVA result primarily indicate?

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The groups have equal means.

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The ANOVA model is unsuitable for the data.

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The sample size is insufficient.

Question 34

What is the main purpose of the F-statistic in ANOVA?

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To test whether there is a significant difference between the means of multiple groups.

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To estimate the variance of the groups.

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To determine the number of groups.

Question 35

Which type of ANOVA is used to compare the means of two or more independent groups?

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One-way ANOVA

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Two-way ANOVA

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Repeated measures ANOVA

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Factorial ANOVA

Question 36

What does a significant ANOVA result indicate?

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At least one of the group means is statistically different from the others.

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None of the group means are statistically different from each other.

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All of the group means are statistically different from each other.

Question 37

Which of the following is a post-hoc test that can be used to compare the means of individual groups after a significant ANOVA result?

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Tukey's HSD test

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t-test

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Chi-square test

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Regression analysis

Question 38

What is the most commonly used measure of effect size for ANOVA?

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Eta squared

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Cohen's d

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R-squared

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Pearson's r

Question 39

Which situation represents a violation of the assumptions of ANOVA?

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The variances of the groups are unequal.

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The observations are independent.

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The groups are randomly assigned.

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The data is normally distributed.

Question 40

What is the purpose of a power analysis for ANOVA?

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To determine the minimum sample size needed to achieve a desired level of statistical power.

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To interpret the ANOVA results.

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To calculate the p-value.