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MANOVA polynomial contrasts

Dear Mauro,

I believe that I've answered a version of this question three times this
month alone, so I'll be brief.

 Are you aware that if you use type-III tests, even if you are careful to
employ contrasts, such as orthogonal polynomial contrasts, that are
orthogonal for different terms in the row-basis of the design, you will
nevertheless be testing for differences when the covariates are both 0? If
that's not sensible, then why not use type-II tests?

(As an aside, I've been experiencing a problem with my ISP that's causing my
return email address to be given incorrectly; please don't reply to an
address other than jfox at mcmaster.ca -- and, of course,
r-help at r-project.org.)

John
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