{"id":174659,"date":"2023-11-29T22:17:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T21:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/?p=174659"},"modified":"2023-11-30T08:48:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T07:48:56","slug":"analysis-of-variance-anova-a-basic-tool-for-data-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/analysis-of-variance-anova-a-basic-tool-for-data-analysis","title":{"rendered":"Analysis of variance (ANOVA): a basic tool for data analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"174659\" class=\"elementor elementor-174659\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dac01ab e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"dac01ab\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ef7359 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ef7359\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) is a straightforward and widely used statistical technique for examining the relationship between two or more variables, especially between an explanatory variable and a target (or dependent) variable. ANOVA helps us understand if the explanatory variable influences the target variable and in what way.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba5845b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba5845b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>ANOVA is thus employed in diverse contexts and for various issues, ranging from marketing to scientific studies in multiple fields (medicine, biology, demography, etc.). We can envision concrete cases where <strong>ANOVA can be used.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d50b26 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"6d50b26\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01f1a1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"01f1a1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The director of a chain of 80 stores wants to know if increasing the <strong>brightness of advertising posters<\/strong> can have a positive impact on sales. He divides his stores into four groups. In the first group, he asks not to change the brightness of the advertising posters.<\/p><p>However, he instructs the second, third, and fourth groups of stores to increase the brightness of the advertising posters by 20%, 40%, and 60%, respectively.<\/p><p>One month later, he calculates the average sales for each of the four groups. He observes differences: <strong>the brightness level of the posters seems to have favored sales.<\/strong><\/p><p>Demographers want to study the effect of educational level (below high school diploma, high school diploma, bachelor&#8217;s degree, master&#8217;s degree) on income.<\/p><p>Using a national study comprising 150,000 individuals across France, they calculate the average income for each of these educational levels. They find that the averages differ, and educational level seems to have a positive effect on income.<\/p><p>How can the store<strong> director and demographers<\/strong> be sure that there is a <strong>significant relationship<\/strong> between the variables they are examining (brightness of advertising posters and sales on one hand and educational level and income on the other hand) and that the differences they have detected are real?<\/p><p>Fortunately, they can rely on a statistical test developed in 1918 by the British biologist and statistician Ronald A. Fisher: <strong>the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA).<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-747a6c9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"747a6c9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9729610 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9729610\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is ANOVA?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab1b472 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab1b472\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>ANOVA<\/strong> is an <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/chi-squared-test-find-out-more-about-this-essential-statistical-test\">inferential statistical technique<\/a> developed to test the existence of a significant relationship between two variables in two or more groups. Specifically, it is used when we want to determine if an explanatory variable (in our examples, the brightness level of posters and the level of education) influences a dependent variable (in our examples, store sales and income).<\/p><p>It&#8217;s important to note that in the <strong>case of ANOVA,<\/strong> the explanatory variable is a categorical variable, meaning it contains values that represent a quality or characteristic that is not quantifiable. On the other hand, the <strong>target variable<\/strong> is a quantitative variable, which can be expressed as numerical values.<\/p><p><strong>ANOVA<\/strong> follows the same logic as a mean comparison test like the t-test, but unlike the t-test, it is not limited to analyzing two groups \u2013 it can consider multiple groups, which is its strength.<\/p><p>The goal of<strong> ANOVA<\/strong> is to reject the null hypothesis, which states that there is no significant difference between the groups being examined, and to retain the alternative hypothesis, which asserts that the differences detected between the groups are indeed real.<\/p><p>To do this, as its name suggests, <strong>ANOVA<\/strong> relates between-group variance to within-group variance.<\/p><p>Between-group variance indicates the variance that exists among the groups, such as the variance between the different groups defined by their level of education.<\/p><p>Within-group variance indicates the variance within each group defined by their level of education.<\/p><p>The fundamental <strong>idea of ANOVA<\/strong> is that the greater the ratio of between-group variance to within-group variance, the greater the likelihood that the observed differences between the groups are real.<\/p><p>In other words, if between-group variance is greater than within-group variance, it allows us to believe that the observed differences are genuinely related to the membership in different groups, and we can then reject the null hypothesis. The ratio of between-group variance to <strong>within-group variance is expressed as the F ratio.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-baf2004 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"baf2004\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcf5e61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dcf5e61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to calculate the F Ratio<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c539d58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c539d58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In order to <strong>calculate the F ratio<\/strong>, we can break down our analysis of variance problem into several steps. We start by calculating the inter-class variance (across groups) and the intra-class variance (within groups).<\/p><p>To do this, we need to calculate the sum of squared differences (SES) between groups.<\/p><p>The formula is as follows:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06f30e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"06f30e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">SCEInterclasse = <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\"> \\sum_{k=1}^{n} u_{k} \\times (\\overline{Y_{k}}- \\overline{Y})^{2}<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47203b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47203b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8c4917 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"f8c4917\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">k = number of different groups<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70bccf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"70bccf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\"> \\overline{Y_{k}}<\/span> = group average<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca0b0e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"ca0b0e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\"> \\overline{Y}<\/span> = the overall average<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-388d0f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"388d0f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The<strong> between-group sum of squares (SCEInterclasse)<\/strong> can also be understood as the total variation in the dependent variable that can be explained by the independent variable.<\/p><p>Next, we will calculate the within-group sum of squares (SCEIntraclasse), which is the sum of squares of deviations within the groups.<\/p><p>The formula to calculate the sum of squares of deviations within each group is as follows:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a182d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"4a182d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">SCEIntraclasse = <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\"> \\sum_{k=1}^{n} u_{k} \\times (\\overline{Y_{i}}- \\overline{Y_{k}})^{2}<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe8a531 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe8a531\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">O\u00f9 :<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b87ab41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"b87ab41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\"> \\overline{Y_{i}}<\/span> = each individual score within the group<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c74d1f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"c74d1f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\"> \\overline{Y_{k}}<\/span> = the group average<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-686d502 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"686d502\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Together, the interclass variance and the interclass variance make up the total variance in our observations. This can be represented as follows: <\/span>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>SCEtotal = SCEInterclass + SCEIntraclass<\/strong><\/p>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next, we can calculate our degrees of freedom. <\/span>\n\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For SCEInterclass the degrees of freedom are determined by:<\/span>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>DDLinterclass = K &#8211; 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where <strong>K<\/strong> is the number of groups.<\/span>\n\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For <strong>SCEIntraclass<\/strong> the degrees of freedom are determined as follows:<\/span>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>DDLintraclass = N &#8211; k<\/strong><\/p>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where <\/span>\n<ul>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>N<\/strong> = the total number of observations <\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>k<\/strong> = the number of groups<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can now calculate the average interclass squares by dividing the SCEinterclass by the interclass DDLs. <\/span>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Average of interclass squares = SCEinterclass \/ DDLIinterclass<\/strong><\/p>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can proceed in the same way to calculate the average of the intraclass squares: <\/span>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Average of intraclass squares = SCEinterclass \/ DDLIntraclass<\/strong><\/p>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We&#8217;ve reached the end of our journey and can finally calculate the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">F ratio<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Fisher&#8217;s F)<\/span>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>F ratio = Average of interclass squares \/ Average of intraclass squares<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e077849 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e077849\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A high F ratio indicates that the interclass variance is greater than the intraclass variance. This increases the chances of rejecting the null hypothesis and being able to assert that there is indeed a difference between our groups of interest. <\/span>\n<blockquote><strong>It&#8217;s important to point out that in order to perform an ANOVA on our data, we need to check that it meets a number of conditions, including the normality of the distributions and the independence of our samples.<\/strong><\/blockquote>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More specifically, it is necessary for the quantitative variable under examination to have a normal distribution: this is particularly important for small sample sizes. <\/span>\n\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We also need to examine <strong>homoscedasticity<\/strong>: indeed, to be able to perform an ANOVA it is necessary for all the groups studied to have equal (or similar) variance.<\/span>\n\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, before performing an ANOVA we need to check that the observations are independent. <\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-790d99e elementor-align-center button-principale elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"790d99e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-courses\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Find out more about our training courses<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6e6233 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"c6e6233\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bdb226 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7bdb226\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Two-Way ANOVA and post-hoc<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6ab641 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c6ab641\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The<strong> examples of ANOVA<\/strong> we&#8217;ve discussed so far examine the relationship between one explanatory variable (brightness level of posters or level of education) and one dependent variable. This simpler version of ANOVA is also known as one-way ANOVA. However, in many real-world scenarios, we are interested in assessing the impact of two or more variables on the dependent variable. For instance, we might want to know if an individual&#8217;s income is affected not only by their level of education but also by their gender. In such cases, we use a more complex version of<strong> ANOVA called two-way ANOVA.<\/strong><\/p><p>When we have only one explanatory variable, we can calculate a single <strong>F ratio.<\/strong><\/p><p>However, when significant differences are influenced by multiple independent variables, we need to calculate multiple F ratios. Two-way ANOVA allows us to evaluate the main effects of each independent variable and determine if there is an interaction between them.<\/p><p>ANOVA (one-way or two-way) helps us test for the existence of a significant difference between two or more groups. However, it does not tell us where this difference lies. In other words, using the example of the brightness level of advertising posters, if we observe that increasing brightness has a positive effect on sales, we may wonder which level of brightness is responsible for this increase.<\/p><p>We might hypothesize that only a 60% increase in brightness has a positive effect on sales, while 20% and 40% increases have no effect. To investigate such hypotheses, we need to use post-hoc tests. The most commonly used post-hoc tests are Tukey&#8217;s <strong>Honestly Significant Difference (HSD) test<\/strong> and the Bonferroni correction.<\/p><p><strong>ANOVA (one-way or two-way)<\/strong> combined with these post-hoc tests provides a good understanding of the relationship between our variables of interest. These techniques are part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/dataiku-a-must-have-tool-for-data-science-and-ai\">toolkit that a Data Scientist<\/a> can use daily to understand their data. 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