Canonical Analysis

(1) Canonical analysis involves a family of procedures of multivariate analysis in which relationships between two sets of variables are examined. Included in the family of procedures are canonical correlation analysis (see below), discriminant analysis, MANOVA, multiple regression analysis.

(2) Canonical correlation analysis examines the relationships between two sets of variables using least squares estimation procedures. This basic procedure is modified when undertaking the different analyses within the family referred to above.