The Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) is a statistical test procedure for comparing multivariate (population) means of several groups.
Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) is a statistical test procedure for comparing multivariate (population) means of several groups. Unlike ANOVA, it uses the variance-covariance between variables in testing the statistical significance of the mean differences.
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