When the variability attributed to between groups is equal to the variability attributed to error,then the value of the test statistic for a one-way between-subjects ANOVA is ______.
A) equal to 0
B) equal to 1
C) significant at any sample size
D) undefined in that the test statistic cannot be computed in this case

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When the variability attributed to between groups is equal to the variability attributed to error, the F-ratio (test statistic) would be equal to 1. This means that there is no significant difference between the groups being compared.

When the Variability Attributed to Between Groups Is Equal to the Variability