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Noun: analysis of variance
  1. (statistics) 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
    - ANOVA

Derived forms: analyses of variance

Type of: multivariate analysis

Encyclopedia: Analysis of variance