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  • 11Analysis of covariance — (ANCOVA) is a general linear model with one continuous outcome variable and one or more factors. ANCOVA is a merger of ANOVA and regression for continuous variables. ANCOVA tests whether certain factors have an effect on the outcome variable… …

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  • 12analysis — (n.) 1580s, resolution of anything complex into simple elements (opposite of synthesis), from M.L. analysis (15c.), from Gk. analysis a breaking up, a loosening, releasing, noun of action from analyein unloose, release, set free; to loose a ship… …

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  • 13analysis — [ə nal′ə sis] n. pl. analyses [ə nal′əsēz΄] [ML < Gr, a dissolving < ana , up, throughout + lysis, a loosing < lyein, to loose: see LOSE] 1. a) a separating or breaking up of any whole into its parts, esp. with an examination of these… …

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  • 14Analysis — A*nal y*sis, n.; pl. {Analyses}. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to unloose, to dissolve, to resolve into its elements; ? up + ? to loose. See {Loose}.] 1. A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or… …

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  • 15Analysis situs — may refer to: * Analysis Situs (book), a work on topology by Henri Poincaré *Analysis situs, an obsolete synonym for topology …

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  • 16Analysis on fractals — or calculus on fractals is a generalization of calculus on smooth manifolds to calculus on fractals.The theory describes dynamical phenomena which occur on objects modelled by fractals.It studies questions such as how does heat diffuse in a… …

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  • 17analysis — I noun ascertainment, assay, audit, canvassing, close inquiry, consideration, critical examination, critique, delineation, dissection, examination, exhaustive inquiry, explicatio, exploration, inquiry, investigation, perusal, probe, research,… …

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  • 18Analysis of molecular variance — (AMOVA), is a statistical model for the molecular variation in a single species, typically biological. [Excoffier, L.; Smouse, P. E.; and Quattro, J. M. 1992. Analysis of Molecular Variance Inferred from Metric Distances among DNA Haplotypes:… …

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  • 19Analysis [1] — Analysis (Analyse, v. gr.), 1) Auflösung, Zerlegung in seine Theile, als Gegensatz der Synthesis; 2) Zergliederung organischer Körper in einzelne Theile, bes. von Pflanzen, auch von Thieren (hier Anatomie). 3) (Philos.), die Auflösung der… …

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  • 20analysis of variance — n analysis of variation in an experimental outcome and esp. of a statistical variance in order to determine the contributions of given factors or variables to the variance * * * (ANOVA) a statistical method for analyzing the effects of each of… …

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