ANOVA

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Analysis of variance \A*nal"y*sis of variance\, n. (Statistics)
     a statistical technique by which the results of an
     observation or experiment are analyzed to determine the
     relative contributions of the different possible causative
     factors or variables to the outcome. Abbreviated {ANOVA}.
     [PJC]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ANOVA
       n : 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 [syn: {analysis
           of variance}]