ANOVA is a statistical technique used to determine whether the means of groups are statistically different from each other. It can be used to establish cause-and-effect relationships with a certain degree of certainty. There are different types of ANOVA for different study designs. The basic parts of an ANOVA include sums of squares, degrees of freedom, mean squares, and the F-statistic. ANOVA can be performed in Excel using the data analysis tool. An example shows how ANOVA was used to analyze measurement data from multiple inspectors.

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