8.2 Motivation

So here we are:

We have multiple explanatory variables that we would like to test; some are factors and some are continuous. Each of those factors has some set of statistical and biological hypotheses associated with them as related to our continuous (and still normal) response of interest. We want a nice elegant way of wrapping these all in to one analysis.

How in the world are we supposed to do that? It’s easier than you might think.