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The Analysis of Covariance. ANACOVA. Multiple Regression. Dependent variable Y (continuous) Continuous independent variables X 1 , X 2 , …, X p. The continuous independent variables X 1 , X 2 , …, X p are quite often measured and observed (not set at specific values or levels).
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The Analysis of Covariance ANACOVA
Multiple Regression • Dependent variable Y (continuous) • Continuous independent variables X1, X2, …, Xp The continuous independent variables X1, X2, …, Xp are quite often measured and observed (not set at specific values or levels)
Analysis of Variance • Dependent variable Y (continuous) • Categorical independent variables (Factors) A, B, C,… The categorical independent variables A, B, C,… are set at specific values or levels.
Analysis of Covariance • Dependent variable Y (continuous) • Categorical independent variables (Factors) A, B, C,… • Continuous independent variables (covariates) X1, X2, …, Xp
Example • Dependent variable Y – weight gain • Categorical independent variables (Factors) • A= level of protein in the diet (High, Low) • B = source of protein (Beef, Cereal, Pork) • Continuous independent variables (covariates) • X1= initial wt. of animal.
Dependent variable is continuous It is possible to treat categorical independent variables in Multiple Regression using Dummy variables.
Example • Dependent variable Y – weight gain • Categorical independent variables (Factors) • A= level of protein in the diet (High, Low) • B = source of protein (Beef, Cereal, Pork) • Continuous independent variables (covariates) X = initial wt. of animal.
Choose the Dependent Variable, the Fixed Factor(s) and the Covaraites
The Process of Analysis of Covariance Dependent variable Covariate
The Process of Analysis of Covariance Adjusted Dependent variable Covariate
The dependent variable (Y) is adjusted so that the covariate takes on its average value for each case • The effect of the factors ( A, B, etc) are determined using the adjusted value of the dependent variable.
ANOVA and ANACOVA can be handled by Multiple Regression Package by the use of Dummy variables to handle the categorical independent variables. • The results would be the same.