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From: "W. Keith Moser" <4ester@compuserve.com>
Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 15:10:22 -0400
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I have a ridiculously simple question, but I cannot find the answer in  the
S-plus 4.5 documentation.

I have a data set where I am examining the percent cover of particular
species of plants.  I have categorical variables (cmpt, numgrowbrn,
lastburn, season) and numerical variables (basum).

I ran two anovas:

> arst.aov <- aov(arst ~ cmpt + basum + numgrowbrn + season + lastburn,
na.action = na.omit)
> anova(arst.aov)
Analysis of Variance Table

Response: arst

Terms added sequentially (first to last)
           Df Sum of Sq  Mean Sq  F Value     Pr(F) 
     cmpt   5   179.420 35.88396 1.639962 0.1531631
    basum   1    48.415 48.41475 2.212641 0.1390859
Residuals 143  3128.979 21.88098                   
> arst.nocmpt.aov <- aov(arst ~ basum + numgrowbrn + season + lastburn,
na.action = na.omit)
> anova(arst.nocmpt.aov)
Analysis of Variance Table

Response: arst

Terms added sequentially (first to last)
            Df Sum of Sq  Mean Sq  F Value     Pr(F) 
     basum   1    16.799 16.79910 0.753463 0.3868164
numgrowbrn   1    43.061 43.06106 1.931348 0.1667411
    season   1    62.069 62.06851 2.783858 0.0973765
  lastburn   1     1.986  1.98568 0.089061 0.7658021
 Residuals 145  3232.900 22.29586                   


QUESTION:  Why did the first anova drop off numgrowbrn, season and
lastburn?

Thank you inn advance.

Keith
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