AnoGen
A Program for Generating ANOVA Data Sets

This program was designed for use in teaching and learning the statistical procedure known as Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). It generates example data sets with answers. It can handle between-subjects, within-subjects, and mixed designs with up to six factors.

The program can be run in either of two modes: one designed for use by students; the other, by teachers.

• In student mode, the user simply specifies the experimental design, and AnoGen generates an appropriate random data set with answers. Thus, students can get unlimited amounts of computational practice.
• In teacher mode, the user specifies not only the experimental design but also the the cell means and error variance(s). This mode is suited to constructing example data sets with a particular story in mind (i.e., generating specific factor effects and interactions). Considerable familiarity with ANOVA is needed to use this mode, however.

The DOS-executable program comes with extensive documentation in a variety of formats, including postscript and Adobe PDF. The program and its documentation may be duplicated and used without charge for any educational or noncommercial purposes.