Definition:Analysis of Variance
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Definition
Analysis of variance is the statistical technique of partitioning the variance of a set of data into a number of components.
Each such component is associated with a particular source of variance, such as:
and so on.
Also known as
Analysis of Variance is also commonly referred to by its abbreviation in the form of the acronym ANOVA.
Also see
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Historical Note
The technique of analysis of variance was introduced around about $1921$ by Ronald Aylmer Fisher.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): analysis of variance (ANOVA)
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): variance, analysis of
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): analysis of variance (ANOVA)
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): variance, analysis of
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): analysis of variance
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): variance, analysis of
- 2021: Richard Earl and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (6th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): analysis of variance