I am attempting Anova analysis to compare results from four groups (Samp1-4)
which are lists of intensities from the experiment. I am doing this by first
creating a structured list of the data and then conducting the ANOVA (Script
provided below). Im an R beginner so am not sure if I am using this correctly.
Two major questions I have are:
1) Is using the code (zzz.aov <- aov(Intensity ~ Group + Error(Sample), data
= zzzanova)) the correct method to calculate the variances between the four
groups (samp 1-4). I am unsure of the inclusion of the error portion.
2) I beleive this method (aov) assumes equal variances. How can I adjust this to
do an ANOVA with unequal variances
#####SCRIPT STARTS
#Creates a structured list suitable for ANOVA analysis
# Intensity Group (1,2,3,4) Sample(1:62)
"zzzanova" <-
structure(list(Intensity = c(t(Samp1), t(Samp2), t(Samp3), t(Samp4)),
Group = structure(c(1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4), .Label = c("Group1",
"Group2", "Group3", "Group4"), class =
"factor"),
Sample = structure(c( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19,
20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29,
30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39,
40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62)
))
, .Names = c("Intensity",
"Group", "Sample"), row.names =
c("1", "2", "3", "4", "5",
"6", "7", "8", "9", "10",
"11", "12", "13", "14", "15",
"16", "17", "18", "19", "20",
"21", "22", "23", "24", "25",
"26", "27", "28", "29", "30",
"31", "32", "33", "34", "35",
"36", "37", "38", "39", "40",
"41", "42", "43", "44", "45",
"46", "47", "48", "49", "50",
"51", "52", "53", "54", "55",
"56", "57", "58", "59", "60",
"61","62"),class = "data.frame")
#Conducts the ANOVA for that PCI
zzz.aov <- aov(Intensity ~ Group + Error(Sample), data = zzzanova)
#####SCRIPT ENDS
THANKS IN ADVANCE