SPPS One Way MANOVA

Reference
• https://statistics.laerd.com/spss-tutorials/one-way-
manova-using-spss-statistics.php

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SPSS MANOVA
• Open “Example6.9” set
• Test whether there is difference in mean in variable
category
• Analyze > General Linear Model > Multivariate
(Take note) : only for quantitative variable only
• Use
• Dependent variable : DVAR1, DVAR2
• Fixed factor : Group (Group1, Group2, Group3)
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• H0 : equal mean vector
H1 : not equal mean vector
•  = 0.05
• Box’s M : Analyze > General Linear Model >
Multivariate > Options > Homogeneity Test
• Post-Hoc Test : Analyze > General Linear Model >
Multivariate > Post-hoc
• Plots > Horizontal Axis : Group
• Post-hoc > Post-hoc Test for : Group, then choose
Bonferroni
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 SPSS MANOVA
• Graph : Graph > Legacy Dialogs > Line > Multiple
• Choose ‘Summaries of separate variables’ > define
• Lines represent : DVAR1, DVAR2
• Category Axis : Group
• Click Ok

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SPSS MANOVA (Output)

The first important one is

the Descriptive
Statistics table. This table is
very useful as it provides the
mean and standard deviation
for the two different dependent
variables, which have been
split by the independent
variable.
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SPSS MANOVA (Output)
H0 : 1 =  2 =  3
H1 : At least one i  j
The homogeneity of covariance
matrices assumption is important
if one has unequal cell sizes.
Box’s Test indicates that this
assumption is not violated.
The homogeneity of variance matrices
for both independent variables also
not violated. Therefore it is
appropriate to conduct One-Way
MANOVA.
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SPSS MANOVA (Output)
The Multivariate Tests table is where
we find the actual result of the one-
way MANOVA. You need to look at
the second Effect, labelled “Group",
and the Wilks' Lambda row
(highlighted in red). To determine
whether the one-way MANOVA was
statistically significant you need to
look at the "Sig." column. We can see
from the table that we have a "Sig."
value of .006, which means p < .05.
Therefore, we can conclude that
group category was significantly
differences between the two
dependent variables, DVAR1 and
DVAR2 (p < .05).

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 SPSS MANOVA (Output)
Because the MANOVA was statistically significant, we will now examine the univariate ANOVA results
(in the Tests of Between-Subjects Effects table)

These are the two

univariate analysis of
variance which indicate
that the group has a
statistically significant
effect on DVAR1.

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SPSS MANOVA (Output)

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SPSS MANOVA (Output) – Interpretation
A MANOVA was conducted to assess if there were differences between the three groups on
variables DVAR1 and DVAR2. The assumption of homogeneity of variance/covariance
were checked and fulfilled. A statistically significant difference was found, Wilks’ Lambda =
0.038, p = 0.006.

Following the Tests of Between-Subjects Effects which indicates that group has a
statistically significant effect on DVAR1, the assessment of pairwise comparison shows that
the mean scores between groups 1 and 2 and groups 1 and 3 were significantly different
but not between groups 2 and 3. From the confidence interval, it shows that group 1 has
the highest mean scores among groups 2 and 3. These differences can be easily visualized
by the plots generated by this procedure. (No comment needed for DVAR2 since it is not
significant)

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SPSS MANOVA (Output)
The plot clearly shows that group 1 has the
highest mean scores among groups 2 and 3.

No need to put in report and comment since

it is not significant
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