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Bug in power.anova.test?

Two groups with a difference in mean of 20.6 have a between-group variance 
of 212.18 (as Minitab was given), not 424.36.
[1] 212.18

(and the example on the help page shows this *is* what is meant by the 
variance).
On Mon, 8 Nov 2004, Peter Levy wrote:

            
No.  Think about having four groups, 2 with one mean and 2 with the 
another mean.  This is effectively a 2-group problem with twice the sample 
size.