ANOVA (Analysis of Variance) — Explained

Detailed explanation and an example with R

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Towards Data Science
5 min readMay 10, 2020

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ANOVA stands for analysis of variance and, as the name suggests, it helps us understand and compare variances among groups. Before going in detail about ANOVA, let’s remember a few terms in statistics:

  • Mean: The average of all values.
  • Variance: A measure of the variation…

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