Three Properties of F-Statistics for Multiple Regression and ANOVA

Abstract

This paper establishes three properties of F-statistics for inference about the mean vector in multiple regression and analysis of variance. The extra SSE due to imposing a set of linear conditions on the model tests the estimable part of those conditions. All other possible numerator sums of squares that test the same have not-lesser degrees of freedom and not-greater non-centrality parameters. When factor-level combinations are coded by contrasts, the model restricted to eliminate an ANOVA effect is formulated by omitting that effect's columns from the model matrix.