What Does the Between-Group Sum of Squares Measure

question 19

Multiple Choice

What does the between-group sum of squares measure?

• A)The sum of the squared deviations between each group mean and every other group mean
• B)The sum of the squared deviations between each group mean and the mean across all groups
• C)The sum of the squared deviations between each individual observation and its group mean
• D)The sum of the squared deviations between each individual observation and the mean across all groups

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