As part of their research, they used a simple analysis of variance (or ANOVA) to test the hypothesis that number of years of experience in sports is related to coping skill (or an athlete’s score on the Athletic Coping Skills Inventory). ANOVA was used because more than two levels of the same variable were being tested, and these groups were compared on their average performance. (When you compare means for more than two groups, analysis of variance is the procedure to use.) In particular, Group 1 included athletes with 6 years of experience or fewer, Group 2 included athletes with 7 to 10
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