When the variability attributed to between-groups is equal to the variability attributed to error,then the value of the test statistic for a one-way between-subjects ANOVA is,
A)Equal to 0.
B)Equal to 1.
C)Significant at any sample size.
D)Undefined in that the test statistic cannot be computed in this case.

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When the variability attributed to between-groups is equal to the variability attributed to error, the F-ratio (test statistic) will be equal to 1. This means that there is no significant difference between the groups, and we fail to reject the null hypothesis.

When the Variability Attributed to Between-Groups Is Equal to the Variability