MATH 14 - 6. Single Factor Experiment
MATH 14 - 6. Single Factor Experiment
ANALYSIS
MATH14
DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF
SINGLE-FACTOR
EXPERIMENTS
MATH14 – ENGINEERING DATA ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE
The analysis of variance (ANOVA) is a hypothesis-testing
technique used to test the claim that three or more
population (or treatment) means are equal by examining
the variances of samples that are taken. This is an extension
of the two independent sample t-test.
ANOVA is based on comparing the variance (or variation)
between the data samples to variation within each
particular sample. If the between variation is much larger
than the within variation, the means of different samples will
not be equal. If the between and within variations are
approximately have the same size, then there will be no
significant difference between sample means.
ANOVA | HYPOTHESIS TEST
The null hypothesis for a one-way ANOVA always assumes
the population means for the 𝑘 samples drawn (one from
each population) are equal. Hence, we may write the null
hypothesis as:
𝐻0 : 𝜇1 = 𝜇2 = ⋯ = 𝜇𝑘
This is equivalent to saying that the 𝑘 treatments have no
differential effect upon the value of the response. Since the
null hypothesis assumes all the means are equal, we could
reject the null hypothesis if only mean is not equal. Thus, the
alternative hypothesis is:
𝐻1 : 𝜇1 ≠ 𝜇𝑘 At least one of the means is not equal
The ANOVA doesn’t test that one mean is less then another
only whether they’re all equal or at least one is different.
ANOVA | Procedure
The one-way analysis of variance follows the regular five-
step hypothesis-testing procedure.
1. State the hypotheses.
2. Find the critical values
3. Compute the test statistic.
4. Make the decision.
5. Summarize the result.
ANOVA | Example: Miles per Gallon
A researcher wishes to see if there is a difference in the fuel
economy for city driving for three different types of
automobiles: small automobiles, sedans, and luxury
automobiles. He randomly samples four small automobiles,
five sedans, and three luxury automobiles. The miles per
gallon for each is shown. At 𝛼 = 0.05, test the claim that
there is no difference among the means. The data are
shown. Small Sedans Luxury
36 43 29
44 35 25
34 30 24
35 29
40
ANOVA | Example: Miles per Gallon
Step 1: State the hypothesis and identify the claim.
𝐻0 : 𝜇1 = 𝜇2 = 𝜇3 (claim)
𝐻1 : At least one mean is different from the others
Hence, only the mean of the small cars is not equal to the
mean of luxury cars.
Tukey Test
The Tukey test can also be used after the analysis of
variance has been completed to make pairwise
comparisons between means when the groups have the
same sample size. The symbol for the test statistic in the
Tukey test is 𝑞.
Tukey Test | Formula
𝑋ത𝑖 − 𝑋ത𝑗
𝑞=
2
𝑠𝑊
𝑛
where 𝑋ത𝑖 and 𝑋ത𝑗 are the means of the samples being
compared, 𝑛 is the common sample size, and 𝑠𝑊 2
is the
within-group variance.
When the absolute value of 𝒒 is greater than the critical
value for the Tukey test, there is a significant difference
between the two means being compared.
Tukey Test | Formula
The critical value for the Tukey test is found using Table A–9,
where 𝑘 is the number of means in the original problem and
𝒗 is the degrees of freedom for 𝒔𝟐𝑾 , which is 𝑵 − 𝒌. The value
of 𝑘 is found across the top row, and 𝑣 is found in the left
column.
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