Consider the following partially completed ANOVA and give the value of (c). / Beskou die onvoltooide ANOVA en gee die waarde van (c).



Source SS df MS Fstat Ftab
Treatments 142.67 (d) 35.6675 (g) (i)
Blocks 68.14 5 (f) (h) (j)
Errors (b) 20 1.9165
Total (c) (e)

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To complete the ANOVA table and find the value for (c), we need to use the following relationships:

  1. Total Sum of Squares (SS_total) is the sum of the Treatment SS, Block SS, and Error SS: \[ SS_{total} = SS_{treatments} + SS_{blocks} + SS_{errors} \]

  2. The degrees of freedom (df) for each component can be found using:

    • df for treatments = k - 1 (where k is the number of treatment groups)
    • df for blocks = b - 1 (where b is the number of blocks)
    • df for errors = (k - 1)(b - 1)
    • Total df = df for treatments + df for blocks + df for errors

Given:

  • SS_treatments = 142.67
  • SS_blocks = 68.14
  • SS_errors = b (unknown, but we have df = 20)

Let's denote:

  • SS_errors = b
  • Total SS = c
  • Total df = e
  • df_treatments = d
  • df_blocks = 5
  • df_errors = 20

To find \( c \): \[ c = 142.67 + 68.14 + b \]

Next, we note that the total df: \[ e = d + 5 + 20 \]

Also, since we know \( MS = \frac{SS}{df} \):

  1. For Blocks, we can calculate \( MS_{blocks} \): \[ MS_{blocks} = \frac{68.14}{5} = 13.628 \] So, \( f = 13.628 \).

  2. For Errors, since \( MS_{errors} = 1.9165 \) (given), but we don't have \( SS_{errors} \) yet.

Finding \( SS_{errors} \) using \( MS \):

We have: \[ MS_{errors} = \frac{SS_{errors}}{df_{errors}} \] This gives us: \[ SS_{errors} = MS_{errors} \times df_{errors} = 1.9165 \times 20 = 38.33 \] Now, substitute back: \[ SS_{total} = SS_{treatments} + SS_{blocks} + SS_{errors} = 142.67 + 68.14 + 38.33 \] Calculating: \[ SS_{total} = 249.14 \] So, the value of \( c \) is: \[ c = 249.14 \]

Thus, the final answer is:

(c) = 249.14