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 58 female subjects age 65 or older was assigned at random to one of the following four treatments: P + P: placebo "growth hormone" and placebo "steroid" P + S: placebo "growth hormone" and the steroid estradiol G + P: growth hormone and placebo "steroid" 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
Source of variation df Sum of Squares Mean Square F Treatment 3 =220.94-139.86 = 81.08 =81.08/3 = 27.03 =27.03/2.59 = 10.435 Error 54 =2.59*54 = 139.86 2.59 Total 57 220.94
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