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. 2017 Mar 28;5(1):E255–E264. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20160142

Table 2: Linear model of radon levels based on estimates of home metrics effect and descriptive statistics based on sum of squares type III general linear model where year of construction is controlled for*.

Variable df Sum of square Mean square F p value
Corrected model 150 120.519‡ 0.803 2.226 0.000
Intercept 1 6.857 6.857 19.001 0.000
Year of construction† 1 18.433 18.433 51.080 0.000
Found 3 2.150 0.717 1.986 0.114
Build 3 0.775 0.258 0.716 0.542
Floor 4 2.166 0.541 1.500 0.200
Room 2 1.996 0.998 2.765 0.063
Area 4 2.593 0.648 1.797 0.127
Found × build 2 1.776 0.888 2.461 0.086
Found × floor 9 3.891 0.432 1.198 0.292
Found × room 3 0.066 0.022 0.061 0.980
Found × area 11 3.992 0.363 1.006 0.439
Build × floor 7 3.288 0.470 1.302 0.246
Build × room 5 1.054 0.211 0.584 0.712
Build × area 10 6.634 0.663 1.838 0.050
Floor × room 7 5.929 0.847 2.347 0.022
Floor × area 16 5.395 0.337 0.934 0.529
Room × area 8 5.514 0.689 1.910 0.055
Found × build × floor 0 0.000 - - -
Found × build × room 0 0.000 - - -
Found × build × area 0 0.000 - - -
Found × floor × room 2 1.927 0.964 2.670 0.070
Found × floor × area 11 2.707 0.246 0.682 0.757
Found × room × area 2 0.855 0.427 1.184 0.306
Build × floor × room 1 0.124 0.124 0.343 0.558
Build × floor × area 10 4.935 0.494 1.368 0.190
Build × room × area 6 4.581 0.764 2.116 0.049
Floor × room × area 12 3.283 0.274 0.758 0.694
Found × build × floor × room 0 0.000 - - -
Found × build × floor × area 0 0.000 - - -
Found × build × room × area 0 0.000 - - -
Found × floor × room × area 0 0.000 - - -
Build × floor × room × area 1 0.074 0.074 0.206 0.650
Found × build × floor × room × area 0 0.000 - - -
Error 1332 480.679 0.361
Total 1483 31 569.683
Corrected total 1482 601.199

Note: build = build type, df = degrees of freedom, floor = floor tested, found = foundation type, room = room tested.

*Dependent variable ln(radon concentration).

†Covariate.

R2 = 0.20, adjusted R2 = 0.11.