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---------------------------------------- > Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:18:13 +0200 > Subject: Re: st: MANOVA to verify difference > From: damiano.bordogna@gmail.com > To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu > > Thank you Ronan, > > i'll try to introduce you my problem! > > My database is made of > - 57 observation (divided into 6 groups of respondant), representing > firm's stakeholders (iROWS) > - 11 binary variables, representing stakeholders' objectives (COL) > - 4 normal (not descrete) variables, representing stakeholders' salience (COL) > > I want to verify if there are differences between the different groups > according to the choosed objectives (VERY IMPORTANT: as said before, > objectives are dummy variables, 0-1). > > Thank you again Ronan! > > 2011/9/21 Ronan Conroy <rconroy@rcsi.ie>: > > On 2011 MFómh 21, at 14:36, Damiano Bordogna wrote: > > > >> Is it possible, with MANOVA, to verify if there's some kind of > >> difference between different goups of observation? > > > > That is the kind of question that doesn't get you very far. Can you explain what you are trying to do? > > > > Many statistical procedures examine difference of some kind between groups of observations. And no statistical procedure can verify that there is a difference. All you can do is see how well the observed differences are explained by chance, and, more important, see if the observed effect sizes are of any real life importance. > > > > Tell us a little more about your problem, then! > > > > > > Ronán Conroy > > rconroy@rcsi.ie > > Associate Professor > > Division of Population Health Sciences > > Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland > > Beaux Lane House > > Dublin 2 > > > > > > * > > * For searches and help try: > > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq > > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ > > > > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/