-Refer to ANOVA table one. A one-way ANOVA test is applied to three independent samples having means 10, 13, and 18, respectively. If each observation in the third sample were increased by 30, how would this affect the value of the F-statistics?
A) They would increase.
B) They would decrease.
C) They would remain unchanged.
D) They would increase by exactly 30.

Question

-Refer to ANOVA table one. A one-way ANOVA test is applied to three independent samples having means 10, 13, and 18, respectively. If each observation in the third sample were increased by 30, how would this affect the value of the F-statistics?
A) They would increase. 
B) They would decrease. 
C) They would remain unchanged. 
D) They would increase by exactly 30.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Increasing each observation in the third sample by 30 would increase the between-group variability, leading to an increase in the F-statistic.

-Refer to ANOVA Table One