Polytechnic engineering mathematics: assessing its relevance to the productivity of industries in Uganda

International Journal of STEM Education

Table 3 Significance differences between groups using analysis of variation

Null (H₀)	Source of variation	SS	df	MS	F-statistic
H₀₁	Between groups	372.11	6	62.02	1.81
	Within groups	8277.49	242	34.20
	Total	8649.60	248
H₀₂	Between groups	625.85	6	104.31	7.16
	Within groups	3525.36	242	14.57
	Total	4152.20	248
H₀₃	Between groups	14,024.32	6	2337.55	28.77
	Within groups	19,662.31	242	81.25
	Total	33,687.63	248
H₀₄	Between groups	32.847.11	6	5474.52	30.20
	Within groups	43,865.13	242	181.26
	Total	76,712.24	248
H₀₅	Between groups	34.12	2	17.06	0.47
	Within groups	4349.05	120	36.24
	Total	4383.17	122
H₀₆	Between groups	30.71	2	25.35	2.33
	Within groups	1304.65	120	10.87
	Total	1355.35	122
H₀₇	Between groups	2360.43	2	1180.21	7.32
	Within groups	19,353.70	120	161.28
	Total	21,714.12	122
H₀₈	Between groups	3577.50	2	1788.75	6.71
	Within groups	32,009.93	120	266.75
	Total	35,587.43	122

F-statistic stands for the quotient MS (between groups)/MS (within groups)
SS sum squares, df degrees of freedom, MS SS/df for the particular source of variation