International Journal of Neutrosophic Science
IJNS
2690-6805
2692-6148
10.54216/IJNS
https://www.americaspg.com/journals/show/4127
2020
2020
Extending One-Way ANOVA to Neutrosophic Sets: A Method for Uncertainty-Based Decision Making
Division of Computational Science, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla 90110, Thailand
Sasiwimon
Sasiwimon
Division of Computational Science, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla 90110, Thailand
Ronnason
Chinram
Classical statistical methods assume that data are precise and free from uncertainty, which may not hold in many real-world applications. Neutrosophic statistics provides a flexible framework for handling indeterminacy, vagueness, and inconsistency in data. In this paper, we propose a new formulation of one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) within the neutrosophic framework. The method treats membership, indeterminacy, and non-membership components separately, with explicit F -tests for each, and employs a maximum-based decision rule to determine significance. We also compare the proposed method with the classical one-way ANOVA. The results demonstrate that the neutrosophic ANOVA is more sensitive in detecting group differences, particularly in cases where the classical approach yields smaller F -values and may fail to reject the null hypothesis. These findings highlight the potential of neutrosophic ANOVA as a more robust alternative to classical ANOVA for analyzing data with inherent uncertainty and indeterminacy.
2026
2026
246
259
10.54216/IJNS.270122
https://www.americaspg.com/articleinfo/21/show/4127