A researcher is interested in whether students' GPA differs as a function of area of academic specialization. The researcher obtains the names of all currently enrolled Brooklyn College students. She randomly selects 21 students from each of the following majors:
Group 1: Psychology Group 2: Biology Group 3: History Group 4: Art Group 5: Education
n1= 21 n2= 21 n3= 21 n4= 21 n5= 21
Question 1: What is the critical value for this F-test for α = 0.05?
Question 2: What is the critical value for this F-test for α = 0.01?
As 21 samples are selected from each group. So, total will be 21+21+21+21 = 84.
So, degrees of freedom for total is df = 84-1 = 83
Now, the degrees of freedom for group ( between) is 5-1 = 4
Within the sum of squares(error) degrees of freedom is 83-4 = 79 .
The critical value of F test at (4,79) degrees of freedom at α = 0.05 is 2.48736595.
The critical value of F test at (4,79) degrees of freedom at α = 0.01 is 3.56632955
Note: - Critical values are collected from F table.
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