Applied Multiple Regression/Correlation Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences, 3rd Edition

Preface

Origins and Background

This book had its origin over 30 years ago, when it became apparent to Jack Cohen that there were relationships between multiple regression and correlation (MRC) on the one hand and the analysis of variance (ANOVA) on the other which were undreamed of (or at least did not appear) in the standard textbooks with which he was familiar. On the contrary, the texts of the era treated MRC and ANOVA as wholly distinct systems of data analysis intended for types of research that differed fundamentally in design, goals, and types of variables. Some research, both statistical and bibliographic, confirmed the relationships noted and revealed yet others. These relationships served to enrich both systems in many ways, but it ...