The correct term is "linear model".
All the other acronyms are references to the era where hand-calculation played a role.
Bendix Carstensen
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> Two referees have commented on a colleague's paper that "anova" should
> be replaced by "ANOVA". I disagree and have at least one respectable
> book on my shelf that uses anova" (& "manova") in the text.
> Most others
> state in full "analysis of variance" with no capitalization.
>
> Anova is not an acronym or trademark, and not confused with the same
> word in another context. I cannot see the point in shrieking ANOVA at
> every use. Please tell me if I'm overlooking an
> international standard.
> I feel the referees are rather behind the times, as "anova"
> is now used
> generally for a wider set of models than its first use. It's
> not helpful
> nowadays for students to assume some mystic distinction between anova,
> ancova, manova, and many regression-based models such as GLM.
>
> Allan
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