forebrain

n. the part of the brain that develops from the anterior section of the neural tube in the embryo, containing the cerebrum and the diencephalon. The former comprises the cerebral hemispheres with their various regions (e.g., basal ganglia, amygdala, hippocampus); the latter comprises the thalamus and hypothalamus. Also called prosencephalon.

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April 29th 2024

multivariate test

any of various statistical procedures involving two or more outcome or dependent variables. An example is the multivariate analysis of variance, which extends the analysis of variance examining one dependent variable to include additional dependent variables. Factor analysis and multiple regression sometimes are considered multivariate tests as well, even though the former involves a single set of variables that are not necessarily independent or dependent and the latter allows for multiple independent variables but only one outcome.