Question

"Gandalf thinks that fighting ability differs between men, hobbits and elves. To test this, he counts the number of orcs kills by each species (i.e. men, hobbits, elves). Given the preceding experimental description, what is the most appropriate statistical test to use

Answer 1

Answer: a one-way ANOVA

Explanation:

A One-Way ANOVA Which is also known as the Analysis of Variance is used to compares the means of two or more independent groups in order to determine if there is statistical relationship that is associating both population means are significantly different. A one way Anova test helps determine if the means of two or more groups are different. From the given example the best year to apply would be the one way anova because it would help in determining the difference between the orcs killed by elves, men and hobbits.