Skip to content
Prev 79438 / 398502 Next

different F test in drop1 and anova

Yes, in essence although it is much easier to describe in words.

anova uses the Chisquared-based estimate of dispersion unless it is known.
drop1 uses the deviance-based estimate of dispersion unless it is known.

If the F tests are going to be approximately valid the dispersion 
estimators should be pretty similar, and when they are not the first _may_ 
be closer to chi-square-distributed.  However, as I recall it, when I 
learnt analysis of deviance using GLIM3, the drop1 approach was used.
On Thu, 20 Oct 2005, Tom Van Dooren wrote: