Dr Hsu Conducted a One-Way ANOVA on a Set of Data

question 133

Multiple Choice

Dr. Hsu conducted a one-way ANOVA on a set of data examining digestive reaction to the smell of food and watching food preparation. Dr. Hsu had multiple experimental conditions. Dr. Hsu's one-way ANOVA yielded significant results, but the analysis was not able to tell him where the specific differences existed. Dr. Hsu will need to follow-up with which analysis to test all possible combinations of the conditions?

• A) matched samples test
• B) planned contrasts
• C) independent sample t test
• D) post-hoc analyses

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