To Calculate the Sum of Squares for a Treatment Effect

question 52

Multiple Choice

To calculate the sum of squares for a treatment effect in the analysis of variance, we would work with

• A) the squares of the differences between the treatment means and the grand mean.
• B) the variance within the treatments.
• C) the number of samples.
• D) both a and b

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