analysis of variance

1. 1.

   a statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more means; a statistical method that yields values that can be tested to determine whether a significant relation exists between variables

   SynonymsANOVA

   Broadermultivariate analysis

   statistics

Questions about analysis of variance

What does analysis of variance mean?

analysis of variance means "a statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more means; a statistical method that yields values that can be tested to determine whether a significant relation exists between variables".

What is another word for analysis of variance?

Close synonyms include ANOVA. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.