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Basic Analysis > Oneway Analysis > Additional Examples of the Oneway Platform > Example of the Unequal Variances Option
Publication date: 09/28/2021

Example of the Unequal Variances Option

In this example, suppose you want to test whether two groups (males and females) have equal variance.

1. Select Help > Sample Data Library and open Big Class.jmp.

2. Select Analyze > Fit Y by X.

3. Select height and click Y, Response.

4. Select sex and click X, Factor.

5. Click OK.

6. Click the red triangle next to Oneway Analysis of height By sex and select Unequal Variances.

Figure 6.29 Example of the Unequal Variances ReportĀ 

Example of the Unequal Variances Report

Since the p-value from the 2-sided F Test is large, you cannot conclude that the variances are unequal.

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