library(ggplot2) # We will be using the mtcars dataset head(mtcars) # mpg cyl disp hp drat wt qsec vs am gear carb # Mazda RX4 21.0 6 160 110 3.90 2.620 16.46 0 1 4 4 # Mazda RX4 Wag 21.0 6 160 110 3.90 2.875 17.02 0 1 4 4 # Datsun 710 22.8 4 108 93 3.85 2.320 18.61 1 1 4 1 # Hornet 4 Drive 21.4 6 258 110 3.08 3.215 19.44 1 0 3 1 # Hornet Sportabout 18.7 8 360 175 3.15 3.440 17.02 0 0 3 2 # Valiant 18.1 6 225 105 2.76 3.460 20.22 1 0 3 1 # Let's see if there are differences between the groups of cyl in the mpg variable. data = mtcars[, c('mpg','cyl')] fit = lm(mpg ~ cyl, data=mtcars) anova(fit) # Analysis of Variance Table # Response: mpg # Df Sum Sq Mean Sq F value Pr(>F) # cyl 1 817.71 817.71 79.561 6.113e-10 *** # Residuals 30 308.33 10.28 # Signif. codes: 0 *** 0.001 ** 0.01 * 0.05 . # Plot the distribution png('analysis_of_variance/boxplot_anova.png') plot(mpg ~ as.factor(cyl), data=mtcars, col='deepskyblue3') dev.off()