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MANE 6313

Week 4, Module D

Student Learning Outcome

Analyze simple comparative experiments and experiments with a single factor.

Module Learning Outcome

Assess the assumption of equal variances in one-way analysis of variance.

Resources for the Week 4, Module D micro-lecture are:


Bartlett's Test

\[ \begin{aligned} H_0&:&\sigma_1^2=\sigma_2^2=\cdots= \sigma_a^2\\ H_1&:&\mbox{above not true for at least one }\sigma_i^2\end{aligned} \]
  • TS:\(\chi^2_0=2.3026\frac{q}{c}\) where
\[ \begin{aligned} q&=&(N-a)\log_{10}S^2_p-\sum_{i=1}^a(n_i-1)\log_{10}S^2_i\\ c&=&1+\frac{1}{3(a-1)}\left(\sum_{i=1}^a(n_i-1)^{-1}-(N-a)^{-1}\right)\\ S^2_p&=&\frac{\sum_{i=1}^a(n_i-1)S^2_i}{N-1} \end{aligned} \]
  • Reject \(H_0\) if \(\chi^2_0>\chi^2_{\alpha,a-1}\)

  • Very sensitive to normality assumption


Bartlett's Test Example Problem

example problem for bartlett's test

The source for problems 12. 10 and 12.30 is Ostle, Turner, Hicks and McElrath1


Analysis of Variance by Hand

example problem for bartlett's test


Residual Plot

example problem for bartlett's test


Bartlett's Test by Hand

example problem for bartlett's test


Minitab Demonstration

  • Bartlett's Test


  1. Ostle, Turner, Hicks and McElrath. (1996). Engineering Statistics: The Industrial Experience. Duxbury Press.