alleryStart learning →Finding a sum of squares means adding together quantities that are:
AHalved, always weighted
BInverted, sometimes rounded
CSquared, sometimes weighted
DRooted, always unweighted
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Squared, sometimes weighted
1. The name of the quantity describes how it is built.
2. The ANOVA table is built from sums of squares.
3. To find a sum of squares means to add together squared quantities.
4. In some cases those quantities may be weighted.
_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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