Hi there 
This seems so simple I'm hoping someone can help me!
I've got the mean values for no. effective alleles in 5 different populations of fish.
So, 5 rivers, each with a mean value... and I'm trying to give a statistical value as to whether there are significant differences between the values of the 5 groups.
River 1 = 5.89
River 2 = 5.53
River 3 = 3.56
River 4 = 3.69
River 5 = 6.25
I've tried doing one-way ANOVA, but as each "group" or factor only has the one value, it will not work... and yet I can't use other tests for "groups".. as it is just 1 value per population (or sample).
I've been told not to use the full list of values, only these means (I've gone down that route don't worry!)
Please, desperate, someone tell me I'm missing the obvious and it's simple test?
Thank you for any help gratefully received!
:yup:
This seems so simple I'm hoping someone can help me!
I've got the mean values for no. effective alleles in 5 different populations of fish.
So, 5 rivers, each with a mean value... and I'm trying to give a statistical value as to whether there are significant differences between the values of the 5 groups.
River 1 = 5.89
River 2 = 5.53
River 3 = 3.56
River 4 = 3.69
River 5 = 6.25
I've tried doing one-way ANOVA, but as each "group" or factor only has the one value, it will not work... and yet I can't use other tests for "groups".. as it is just 1 value per population (or sample).
I've been told not to use the full list of values, only these means (I've gone down that route don't worry!)
Please, desperate, someone tell me I'm missing the obvious and it's simple test?
Thank you for any help gratefully received!
:yup: