AI engineering glossary · Statistics inference
What is ANOVA?
ANOVA (also called Analysis of variance): Analysis of variance: a test that asks whether three or more group averages are all equal by comparing variation between groups with variation within groups. A large ratio suggests at least one group differs.
ANOVA: an example
Compare average test scores of students from four coaching centres in one test instead of six separate pairwise tests.
Related terms
More Statistics inference terms
- Average treatment effect
- Bayesian inference
- Benjamini-Hochberg procedure
- Bias of an estimator
- Bonferroni correction
- Bootstrap
- Causal graph
- Causal inference
Where you learn it
ANOVA is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.