Sir Ronald A. Fisher developed analysis of variance (ANOVA) to compare the means of two or more independent samples and test if differences between means are statistically significant. One-way ANOVA extends the t-test to compare more than two independent groups. It tests the null hypothesis that all group means are equal against the alternative that at least one mean differs. Usama and Co. used one-way ANOVA to compare price per pack of cookies across four cities, with city as the independent variable and price as the dependent variable.