DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REGRESSION AND ANOVA • ANOVA focuses on differences across groups, whereas regression focuses on the prediction of one variable from others. • With two groups, a t test, an ANOVA and SIMPLE REGRESSION will produce the same results and that, in fact, F = t 2 . ADVANTAGES OF MULTIPLE REGRESSION OVER ANOVA We have touched on three advantages of multiple regression over ANOVA: • 1. MR can use both categorical and continuous independent variables. • 2. MR can easily incorporate multiple independent variables. • 3. MR is appropriate for the analysis of experimental or non-experimental research MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANOVA MULTIPLE REGRESSION FIGURL REPRESENTATION OF MULTIPLE REGRESSION RULES OF THUMB FOR WHEN TO INTERPRET B VERSUS ẞ INTERPRET b (B): • When the variables are measured in a meaningful metric • To develop intervention or policy implications • To compare effects across samples or studies INTERPRET ß: • When the variables are not measured in a meaningful metric • To compare the relative effects of different predictors in the same sample REGRESSION TABLE WITH THREE IV TYPES OF MULTIPLE REGRESSION TYPES OF MULTIPLE REGRESSION