document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=333025>Question 333025</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In one-way ANOVA, suppose that there are five treatments with n1 = n2 = n3 = 5, and n4 = n5 = 7. Then the mean square for error, MSE, equals </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #238656 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jrfrunner><B>jrfrunner(365)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jrfrunner><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=jrfrunner><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=238656\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> you dont have enough information to determine MSE, because MSE=SSE/dof, and you dont provide data on SSE or to be able to calculated.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now, if you are asking about the degrees of freedom for MSE, that can be determine with what you are providing<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let N= total sample size = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sum%28ni%29+=+3%2A5%2B2%2A7=29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sum%28ni%29+=+3%2A5%2B2%2A7=29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "let k= number of treatments =5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The degrees of freedom for computing MSE:  N-k-1=29-5-1=23\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "there is one restriction for estimating the overall mean, and one restriction for estimating each treatment mean </SPAN>\n" );
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