Each population from which an ANOVA sample is taken is assumed to be:
ASkewed
BBimodal
CUniform
DNormal
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Normal
1. ANOVA makes a shape assumption about each population.
2. There are five basic assumptions for a one-way ANOVA test.
3. Each population from which a sample is taken is assumed to be normal.
4. The populations are also assumed to have equal standard deviations.
_Source: OpenStax Introductory Statistics 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 13 'The F Distribution and One-Way ANOVA', sections 13.1-13.4_
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