title: Design and analysis considerations in research.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Randhawa
mesh_terms: 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