RENAME Subcommand (MANOVA: Multivariate command)

Use RENAME to assign new names to transformed variables. Renaming variables after a transformation is strongly recommended. If you transform but do not rename the variables, the names T1, T2, ...,Tn are used as names for the transformed variables.

  • Follow RENAME with a list of new variable names.
  • You must enter a new name for each dependent variable and covariate on the MANOVA variable list.
  • Enter the new names in the order in which the original variables appeared on the MANOVA variable list.
  • To retain the original name for one or more of the interval variables, you can either enter an asterisk or reenter the old name as the new name.
  • References to dependent variables and covariates on subcommands following RENAME must use the new names. The original names will not be recognized within the MANOVA procedure. The only exception is the OMEANS subcommand, which displays observed means of the original (untransformed) variables. Use the original names on OMEANS.
  • The new names exist only during the MANOVA procedure that created them. They do not remain in the active dataset after the procedure is complete.

Example

MANOVA A, B, C, V4, V5 BY TREATMNT(1,3)
  /TRANSFORM(A, B, C) = REPEATED
  /RENAME = MEANABC, AMINUSB, BMINUSC, *, *
  /DESIGN.
  • The REPEATED transformation produces three transformed variables, which are then assigned mnemonic names MEANABC, AMINUSB, and BMINUSC.
  • V4 and V5 retain their original names.

Example

MANOVA WT1, WT2, WT3, WT4 BY TREATMNT(1,3) WITH COV
  /TRANSFORM (WT1 TO WT4) = POLYNOMIAL
  /RENAME = MEAN, LINEAR, QUAD, CUBIC, *
  /ANALYSIS = MEAN, LINEAR, QUAD WITH COV
  /DESIGN.
  • After the polynomial transformation of the four WT variables, RENAME assigns appropriate names to the various trends.
  • Even though only four variables were transformed, RENAME applies to all five continuous variables. An asterisk is required to retain the original name for COV.
  • The ANALYSIS subcommand following RENAME refers to the interval variables by their new names.