Statistical Symbols and Abbreviations

A

Set of IVs A: Capital letters in bold italic type generally indicate sets of variables.

A

Arcsine transformation

Adj.

Adjusted

AIC

Akaike information criterion

ANCOVA

Analysis of covariance

ANOVA

Analysis of variance

B0

Regression intercept

B

Regression coefficient of Y on an IV in measured or “raw” units

BG

Between groups

BIC

Bayesian information criterion

c

Number of cells in a multiple categorical IV analysis

C

Matrix of sums of squares and cross products among the IVs: Capital letters in bold roman type generally indicate matrices.

C

Code variable

Ci

Component i (principal components)

CA

Canonical analysis

cf

Canonical factor

Cl

Confidence interval

CL

Confidence limit

COV

Variance-covariance matrix of the IVs

Cov

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