- Multivariate analysis of variance
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Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) is a generalized form of univariate analysis of variance (ANOVA). It is used when there are two or more dependent variables. It helps to answer : 1. do changes in the independent variable(s) have significant effects on the dependent variables; 2. what are the interactions among the dependent variables and 3. among the independent variables.[1]
Where sums of squares appear in univariate analysis of variance, in multivariate analysis of variance certain positive-definite matrices appear. The diagonal entries are the same kinds of sums of squares that appear in univariate ANOVA. The off-diagonal entries are corresponding sums of products. Under normality assumptions about error distributions, the counterpart of the sum of squares due to error has a Wishart distribution.
Analogous to ANOVA, MANOVA is based on the product of model variance matrix, Σmodel and inverse of the error variance matrix,
, or
. The hypothesis that Σmodel = Σresidual implies that the product A∼I[2] . Invariance considerations imply the MANOVA statistic should be a measure of magnitude of the singular value decomposition of this matrix product, but there is no unique choice owing to the multi-dimensional nature of the alternative hypothesis.
The most common[3][4] statistics are summaries based on the roots (or eigenvalues) λp of the A matrix:
- Samuel Stanley Wilks'
ΛWilks = ∏ (1 / (1 + λp)) 1...p distributed as lambda (Λ)
- the Pillai-M. S. Bartlett trace,
ΛPillai = ∑ (1 / (1 + λp)) 1...p - the Lawley-Hotelling trace,
ΛLH = ∑ (λp) 1...p - Roy's greatest root (also called Roy's largest root), ΛRoy = maxp(λp)
Discussion continues over the merits of each, though the greatest root leads only to a bound on significance which is not generally of practical interest. A further complication is that the distribution of these statistics under the null hypothesis is not straightforward and can only be approximated except in a few low-dimensional cases. The best-known approximation for Wilks' lambda was derived by C. R. Rao.
In the case of two groups, all the statistics are equivalent and the test reduces to Hotelling's T-square.
References
- ^ Stevens, J. P. (2002). Applied multivariate statistics for the social sciences. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erblaum.
- ^ Carey, Gregory. "Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA): I. Theory". http://ibgwww.colorado.edu/~carey/p7291dir/handouts/manova1.pdf. Retrieved 2011-03-22.
- ^ Garson, G. David. "Multivariate GLM, MANOVA, and MANCOVA". http://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/PA765/manova.htm. Retrieved 2011-03-22.
- ^ UCLA: Academic Technology Services, Statistical Consulting Group.. "Stata Annotated Output -- MANOVA". http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/output/Stata_MANOVA.htm. Retrieved 2011-03-22.
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