Problem Set 4.5: Interpret ANOVA Results

Criterion: Interpret the results of an ANOVA.

Instructions: Read the following and answer the question.

Data: Life satisfaction among sport coaches.Drakou, Kambitsis, Charachousou, and Tzetzis (2006) tested differences in life satisfaction among sport coaches. They tested differences by sex, age, marital status, and education. The results of each test in the following table are similar to the way in which the data were given in their article.

Independent Variables	Life Satisfaction
M	SD	F	p
Sex			0.68	.409
Men	3.99	0.51
Women	3.94	0.49
Age			3.04	.029
20s	3.85	0.42
30s	4.03	0.52
40s	3.97	0.57
50s	4.02	0.50
Marital status			12.46	.000
Single	3.85	0.48
Married	4.10	0.50
Divorced	4.00	0.35
Education			0.82	.536
High school	3.92	0.48
Postsecondary	3.85	0.54
University degree	4.00	0.51
Masters	4.00	0.59

1. Which factors were significant at a .05 level of significance?

State the number of levels for each factor.