Looking at four different diets, a researcher randomly assigned 20 equally overweight adults into each of the four diets. The researcher wishes to use a one-way ANOVA to analyze the data.
-What is the degrees of freedom for the error?
A)20
B)4
C)3
D)19
E)16

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The degrees of freedom for the error in a one-way ANOVA is calculated as the total number of observations minus the number of groups. Here, there are 80 observations (20 people per diet x 4 diets) and 4 groups, so the degrees of freedom for the error is 80 - 4 = 76. However, since the choices provided do not include 76, the closest correct calculation based on the typical setup would be 16, which is the degrees of freedom within each group (20 - 1 = 19, but since there are 4 groups, it should be 76, but the choice closest to the correct setup is 16).

Looking at Four Different Diets, a Researcher Randomly Assigned 20