Multiple analysis of variance (MANOVA) is used to see the main and interaction effects of categorical variables on multiple dependent interval variables. MANOVA uses one or more categorical independents as predictors, like ANOVA, but unlike ANOVA, there is more than one dependent variable. Where ANOVA tests the differences in means of the interval dependent for various categories of the independent(s), MANOVA tests the differences in the centroid (vector) of means of the multiple interval dependents, for various categories of the independent(s). One may also perform planned comparison or post hoc comparisons to see which values of a factor contribute most to the explanation of the dependents.