With regard to independent and dependent variables and their levels of measurement, what is the opposite of the discriminant analysis procedure?
A) ANOVA
B) Factor analysis
C) ANCOVA
D) Nonparametric statistics

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ANOVA (Analysis of Variance) is the opposite of discriminant analysis in terms of the directionality of analysis. While discriminant analysis predicts a categorical dependent variable based on continuous independent variables, ANOVA is used to determine the effect of one or more categorical independent variables on a continuous dependent variable.

With Regard to Independent and Dependent Variables and Their Levels