A researcher is analyzing regional differences in family size. She has information on a number of children for samples of families from four regions. Which of the following would be an appropriate statistical test?
a. t-test for matched samples
b. t-test for difference in means
c. ANOVA
d. Actually, none of the above would work in this situation.
The one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) is used to determine whether there are any statistically significant differences between the means of three or more independent (unrelated) groups.