The greater the value of the F ratio,
A) the more the sample distributions overlap
B) the less the sample distributions overlap
C) the larger the sum of squares within groups
D) none of these

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The F ratio is calculated by dividing the variance between groups by the variance within groups. A larger F ratio indicates that the difference between the group means is greater compared to the variation within each group. If the variation within groups is small relative to the differences between groups, then it is more likely that the sample distributions do not overlap much. Therefore, as the value of the F ratio increases, the less the sample distributions overlap.

The Greater the Value of the F Ratio