Wesley McCutcheon
January 31st, 2023
Stats Assignment Question 1: Short Report
The question addressed the topic of various dust types and if they were related to the number of asthma
attacks suffered by children in the one year following exposure. The population size was 18 children. I
found the results using ANOVA to be that when looking at the F-stat value and the F-critical value, it was
found that the F-stat value was more significant than the F-crit value, meaning we reject Ho in which I
concluded that at least one mean is diff. I then completed an LSD post hoc comparison test to figure out
which mean was statistically insignificant. I located the tcrit (15) value to be 2.131. My report was that
the test front vs. middle (X1, X2) was found to have a value of 2.27, meaning it was statistically
significant. Next, I tested front vs. back (X1, X3) and found a value of 3.18, which was also statistically
significant. Lastly, I tested middle vs. back (X2, X3), which had a value of 0.909, meaning it was not
