The column of mean squares in the analysis of variance is obtained by
A) dividing the sums of squares by the degrees of freedom.
B) multiplying the degrees of freedom times the sums of squares.
C) dividing the sum of squares for treatments by the sum of squares for error.
D) dividing the degrees of freedom by each other.

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The column of mean squares in the analysis of variance is obtained by dividing the sums of squares by the degrees of freedom. This gives the average amount of variation accounted for by each source of variation.

The Column of Mean Squares in the Analysis of Variance