An article in the Journal of the American Medical Assocation described an experi
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An article in the Journal of the American Medical Assocation described an experiment to investigate the effect of four treatments on various body characteristics. In this double-blind experiment, each of 63 female subjects age 65 or older was assigned at random to one of the following four treatments:
1) P + P: placebo "growth hormone" and placebo "steroid"
2) P + S: placebo "growth hormone" and the steroid estradiol
3) G + P: growth hormone and placebo "steroid"
4) G + S: growth hormone and the steroid estradiol
The change in body fat mass was measured over the 26-week period following the treatments. Using the information provided above and in the partial table below, complete the ANOVA table (use 2 decimals for your answers).
Explanation / Answer
df treatments = 4-1 = 3
df error = 63-4 = 59
df total = 59+3 = 62
SSerror = 2.6 * 59 = 153.4
SS treatment = 223.42 - 153.4 = 70.02
MS treatment = 70.02 / 3 = 23.34
F = 23.34 / 2.6 = 8.977
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