Chapter 3, Table 3: A One-Way ANOVA via SPSS Syntax

The following data set consists of three groups of 10 participants who were randomly assigned to one mood-induced condition. After viewing a video that was supposed to induce a certain mood state, the participants rated their mood state on several scales. The hypothesis of interest is whether the population group mean on Global Affect Rating differed among the groups.

To answer such a question we perform a one-way ANOVA with SPSS syntax and obtain the results in Table 3.4.

At this point, clicking Run and then All is necessary in order to obtain the results.