How to Write-Up an Analysis of Variance in a Study

Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) is often applied to a study. You must determine whether the means of three or more groups of people are different. Two of most common types of ANOVA are the one-way and two-way versions. For example, you may hypothesize that athletes who eat protein daily will run longer than athletes that eat ice cream daily. You could divide the athletes into three different groups and have one group eat ice cream, one group eats protein and a third group eat both. Then, you could have the athletes run and measure who can run for longer. ANOVA is used to test a hypothesis to make sure the results of the experiment are no greater than that which can occur because of normal variations in the characteristics of the people, or mistakes made by the researcher when measuring the data.

Instructions

    • 1

      Write the results of the ANOVA in APA format. APA is a format used by several groups of researchers, including psychologists.

    • 2

      Write a title page. The title page has the title of the paper, the author’s name and the author’s institutional affiliation. A running head with the title of the paper is placed on the top left, while the page number is placed on the right.

    • 3

      Create the abstract. The abstract summarizes the results of the ANOVA, letting the reader determine whether they want to read the rest of the study. Explain how the standard deviations in the experiment suggest that one effect is more likely to be the cause of the experimental results over another effect.

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      Introduce the prior experiments in the introduction section. Explain prior research that has been done on your topic and why the ANOVA was needed.

    • 5

      Explain the methods that you used to conduct your experiment. Explain how you will attempt to investigate potential causes for variance.

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      Provide in detail the results of your experiment, giving the reader the exact data that you collected. Title this section “Results.”

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      Write a discussion section, where you analyze the data or talk about the potential implications of the data. Provide ideas as to how other researchers can further investigate your subject. Title this section “Discussion.”

    • 8

      Include a section that contains all the references that you read before beginning your experiments. Call this section “Results.”

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