ANOVA is a special case of regression when all of the independent variables are categorical. A classical ANOVA model is set up to test if there is any difference between the means of a continuous response variable across one or more independent categorical variables, where a regression with dummy variables is parameterized to test for the significance of specific levels of the categorical variable compared to its reference level.
What is the difference between Regression and ANOVA?
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