Wondering why the SPSS output is labeled univariate analysis of variance? We knew you were. Well, in SPSS talk, this is an analysis that looks at only one dependent or outcome variable—in this case, weight loss. If we had more than one outcome variable as part of the research question (such as attitude toward eating), then it would be a multivariate analysis of variance, which not only looks at group differences and more than one dependent variable but also controls for the relationship between the dependent variables.
