Design and analysis considerations in research.
This short note emphasizes the need for multivariate analysis when multiple correlated dependent variables are used in a study. The use of multivariate analysis and the consequences of not using it are illustrated in relation to a previously published study that used self-concept subscales as dependent variables.
Randhawa
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Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
D002648:Child; D002672:Child, Gifted / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010553:Personality Development; D012107:Research Design; D012649:Self Concept