Exam 11: One-Factor Anova: Fixed-Effects Model
A consumer group wanted to determine if there was a difference in prices for a specific type of toy depending on where the toy was purchased. In the local area there are three main retailers: W-Mart, Tag, and URToy. For each retailer, the consumer group randomly selected five stores located in different parts of the city, and collected their listed prices of that specific type of toy (in dollars). Assume that all stores priced their merchandise independently.
W-Mart Tag URToy 23 24 30 22 27 30 25 28 26 24 25 29 23 27 29 Use SPSS to conduct a one-factor ANOVA to determine if the prices are different across different retailers using = .05. Test the assumptions, plot the group means, consider an effect size, interpret the results, and write an APA-style summary.
Procedure:
Create a data set with two variables, Prices and Retailer. The data set should have 15 cases, each case representing one store.
Go to Analyze General Linear Model Univariate. Select Prices as the Dependent Variable and Retailer as the Fixed Factor. Go to Plot and select Retailer to the Horizontal Axis, then Add, to get profile plot. Go to Save and check Unstandardized under Residuals to save model residuals. Go to Options. Check Estimates of effect size to get effect size estimates. Check Homogeneity tests to examine the assumption of homoscedasticity.
To examine the assumption of independence, go to Graphs Legacy Dialogs Scatter/Dot Simple Scatter Define. Select RES_1 as the Y Axis, and Retailer as the X Axis. To examine the assumption of normality, go to Analyze Descriptive Statistics Explore. Select RES_1 to Dependent List. Go to Plots, and check Normality plots with tests.
Selected SPSS output:
Profile plot
Residual plot by group
Q-Q plot of residuals
A one-way ANOVA was conducted to determine if the prices of a certain type of toy differed in three major retail stores. The Q-Q plot of residuals showed that the points clustered close to the diagonal line, suggesting that the assumption of normality was reasonable. According to Levene's test, the homogeneity of variance assumption was satisfied [F(2, 12) = .467, p = .638]. The scatterplot of residuals against the levels of the independent variable demonstrated a random display of points around 0, providing evidence to the assumption of independence being satisfied. From the ANOVA summary table, we see that the prices are significantly different across the three retailers (F = 16.328, df = 2,12, p <.001), the effect size is rather large ( 2 = .731; suggesting about 73.1% of the variance in prices is accounted for by the differences in retailers). The profile plot suggested that the price is the lowest in W-Mart, higher in Tag, and the highest in URToy.
A researcher was interested in comparing rental rates in four different parts of the city. She randomly selected a block from each part of the city. For each block, she collected the rental rates of different neighboring apartments. She then used one-factor ANOVA to analyze her data. The ANOVA table below summarized the results she obtained.
Source SS df MS F Critical Value and Decision Between 600 3 200 0.5 .05=2.975 Within 2600 26 100 Fail to reject Total 3200 30
a. There are two mistakes in the ANOVA table. Identify the mistakes and correct them.
b. Based on the research design, do you think any assumption of ANOVA may have been violated in this study? If so, what assumption is being violated? What might be the consequences of the violation?
a. dftotal = N - 1 = 29. F = MSbetw/MSwith = 2.
b. The assumption of independence may have been violated. The rental rates of neighboring apartments in the same block are possibly related with one another. Violation of this assumption would lead to increased likelihood of a Type I and/or Type II error in the F statistic; it also influences standard errors of means and thus inferences about those means.
Suppose that for a one-factor ANOVA with J = 3 and n = 10, the three sample means are all equal to 4.5. What is the value of MSbetw?
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For a one-factor ANOVA comparing five groups with n = 30 in each group, the F ratio has degrees of freedom equal to
A stock analyst wanted to compare the long-term return of stocks from different industries. She randomly selected eight stocks in each of the three industries of interest (financial, energy, utilities) and compiled the 10-year rate of return for each stock (assume the return for one stock is not dependent on the return for any other stock). Below are the data that were collected.
Financial Energy Utilities 10.76 12.72 10.88 15.05 14.91 5.86 17.01 6.43 12.46 5.07 11.19 9.90 19.50 18.79 3.95 8.16 20.73 3.44 10.38 9.60 7.11 6.76 17.40 15.70 Use SPSS to conduct a one-factor ANOVA to determine if the returns are equal across industries ( = .05). Test the assumptions, plot the group means, consider an effect size, interpret the results, and write an APA-style summary.
A researcher wanted to compare the average home prices in three different school districts. For each district, he recorded the average annual prices over the past ten years (n = 10). Then he used a one-factor ANOVA to examine if prices are different between districts. Based on the design, what assumption of ANOVA has most likely been violated?
In ANOVA, which of the following is used to determine the appropriate F ratio?
When analyzing mean differences between three samples, doing all pairwise independent t tests instead of ANOVA using the same level
In ANOVA, the variability between group means is estimated by
For J = 2 and = .05, if the result of the one-factor fixed-effects ANOVA is nonsignificant, then the result of the independent t test using the same data set and same level will be
In ANOVA, the average deviation of all the scores from their respective group means is estimated by
If you find an F ratio of 0.5 in a one-factor ANOVA ( = .05), you will
A researcher used ANOVA to examine the effects of paper colors on reading speed. She prepared reading materials printed on three different colors of paper: white paper, yellow paper, and blue paper. She then randomly assigned 20 readers to each type of paper. How many factors are involved in this experiment and how many levels are in the factor(s)?
Which of the following is a necessary assumption of the ANOVA model?
Using the same data with SPSS, Jamie and John found out that the p value of an ANOVA F test is 0.004. They both rejected the null hypothesis. However, Jamie used = 0.05, whereas John used = 0.01. Who has a higher probability of actually making a Type I error?
When analyzing mean differences between two samples, doing an independent t test instead of an ANOVA using the same level
Suppose n1 = 15, n2 = 13, n3 = 17, n4 =17. For a one-factor ANOVA, the dfwith would be
A reading specialist would like to know whether the page layout has any consistent effect on children's reading speed. He printed the same story in three types of page layout (one-column, two-column, and three-column), and then randomly assigned 15 children to each group. The time each child took to finish reading is recorded and compared using the one-factor ANOVA model. Complete the following ANOVA summary table using = .05. Based on the results, does page layout have an effect on the speed of reading?
Source SS df MS F Critical Value and Decision Between 9 1.8 Within Total
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