Abstract

Multivariate techniques are increasingly popular as researchers attempt to accurately model a complex world. MANOVA is a multivariate technique used to investigate the dimensions along which groups differ, and how these dimensions may be used to predict group membership. A concern in a MANOVA analysis is to determine if a smaller subset of variables may be used in the classification functions without any loss of explanatory power when precision of parameter estimates or parsimony needs to be addressed (cf. Huberty, 1984; Huberty & Olejnik, 2006). One way to address these concerns is through the use of all possible subsets. However, not all common statistical packages easily facilitate this analysis, and the analysis can be a weekend project (Huberty & Olejnik, 2006). As such, the purpose of the current paper is to examine and demonstrate R and SPSS solutions to conduct an allpossible-subsets MANOVA, including all-possible-subsets factorial MANOVA.

Description

This article is originally published in the International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, IGI-Global, here: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/fbad/c7a6850beffb73dd1b729e77f6ee0d36cd25.pdf

Publisher

IGI-Global

Date of publication

4-1-2016

Language

english

Persistent identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10950/2329

Document Type

Article

Publisher Citation

Nimon, K., Zientek, L. R., & Kraha, A. (2016). All–possible–subsets for MANOVA and factorial MANOVAs: Alternative to the weekend project.

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