1) Analysis of variance 2) Multivariate analysis 
Stands for analysis-of-variance, a statistical model meant to analyze data. Generally the variables in an ANOVA analysis are categorical, not continuous. The term main effect is used in the ANOVA context. The main effect of x seems to mean the result of an F test to see if the different categories of x have any detectable effect on the dependent va...
Acronym for analysis of variance. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
Analysis Of Variance
Type: Abbreviation Definitions: 1. Acronym for analysis of variance.
A method of statistical analysis broadly applicable to a number of research designs, used to determine differences among the means of two or more groups on a variable. The independent variables are usually nominal, and the dependent variable is usual an interval.