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  • initialism statistics Analysis of covariance

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  • The ANCOVA model (model 1) controls for the frequency of volunteering and church attendance in 2006 (time 1) along with many other social and demographic characteristics.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • Again, both ANCOVA and change score models yield similar results: Having bridging friendships with evangelicals is positively related to holding warmer thermometer scores toward evangelical Protestants in both models.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • To fully utilize the panel design of the Faith Matters surveys, we used both change score and analysis of covariance ANCOVA models, the two most common methods used to analyze two-wave panel data.2 The two approaches differ in how they adjust for initial differences in the outcome variable.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • The ANCOVA model, on the other hand, adjusts for the initial differences in the outcome variable by including the outcome measure e.g., good neighborliness at time 1 as a control variable.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • I use a lot of ANOVA and ANCOVA in my work, and I've taken to just reporting the P values that SYSTAT spits out and letting readers draw their own conclusions of reliability.

    Significant James Killus 2007

  • But the most abused test in psychology is the ANCOVA.

    The Guardian World News Ben Goldacre 2011

  • Pearson's correlation and ANCOVA and paired t-test analyses were used to determine the association between giardiasis and zinc status.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Luis Quihui 2010

  • Pearson's correlation and ANCOVA and paired t-test analyses were used to determine the association between giardiasis and zinc status.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • ANCOVA adjusted for baseline values was used to assess serial changes of inflammatory parameters according to genotype.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alvaro Cervera et al. 2010

  • Final data were evaluated using least square means (LSM) and an analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) model with factors for treatment and baseline sUA.

    StreetInsider.com News Articles 2010

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