Unit 3 · Compare groups

How to run a one-way ANOVA in SPSS

Run a one-way ANOVA in SPSS, read the ANOVA table, calculate eta squared and report F in APA style.

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One-way ANOVA

Use it to compare the means of three or more independent groups, such as exam scores under Lecture, Seminar and Online teaching.

One-Way ANOVA
Variables
Participant ID [id]
Age in years [age]
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Dependent List:1
Exam score (%) [score]
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Factor:2
Teaching method [method]
Contrasts…Post Hoc…3Options…4Bootstrap…
✓Estimate effect size for overall tests5
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    Dependent ListThe Scale outcome, such as score.
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    FactorThe grouping variable with three or more groups.
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    Post Hoc…Follow-up tests that tell you which groups differ. That's the next lesson.
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    Options…Tick Descriptive, Homogeneity of variance test and Means plot. Welch is your backup if variances are unequal.
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    Estimate effect sizeAdds eta squared (η²): how much of the variation in scores the groups explain.

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