Imagine you compare the effectiveness of four different types of stimulant to keep you awake while revising statistics using a o
ne-way ANOVA. The null hypothesis would be that all four treatments have the same effect on the mean time kept awake. How would you interpret the alternative hypothesis? At least two of the stimulants will have different effects on the mean time spent awake.
All four stimulants have different effects on the mean time spent awake.
Two of the four stimulants have the same effect on the mean time spent awake.
None of the above
The correct answer is At least two of the stimulants will have different effects on the mean time spent awake.
Explanation:
The null hypothesis exposed leads to consider an alternative hypothesis that differs from the behavior of the 4 stimulants. In this case it is related to the effects on patients, since in practice at least one will present differences compared to the others, influencing the sleep time of consumers.
