CINTERVAL Subcommand (MANOVA: Univariate command)

CINTERVAL requests simultaneous confidence intervals for each parameter estimate and regression coefficient. MANOVA provides either individual or joint confidence intervals at any desired confidence level. You can compute joint confidence intervals that are using either Scheffé or Bonferroni intervals. Scheffé intervals are based on all possible contrasts, while Bonferroni intervals are based on the number of contrasts that are actually made. For a large number of contrasts, Bonferroni intervals will be larger than Scheffé intervals. Timm 1 provides a good discussion of which intervals are best for certain situations. Both Scheffé and Bonferroni intervals are computed separately for each term in the design. You can request only one type of confidence interval per design.

The following keywords are available on the CINTERVAL subcommand. If the subcommand is specified without any keyword, CINTERVAL automatically displays individual univariate confidence intervals at the 0.95 level.

INDIVIDUAL(a). Individual confidence intervals. Specify the desired confidence level in parentheses following the keyword. The desired confidence level can be any decimal number between 0 and 1. When individual intervals are requested, BONFER and SCHEFFE have no effect.

JOINT(a). Joint confidence intervals. Specify the desired confidence level in parentheses after the keyword. The default is 0.95. The desired confidence level can be any decimal number between 0 and 1.

UNIVARIATE(type). Univariate confidence interval. Specify either SCHEFFE (for Scheffé intervals) or BONFER (for Bonferroni intervals) in parentheses after the keyword. The default specification is SCHEFFE.

1 Timm, N. H. 1975. Multivariate statistics: With applications in education and psychology. Monterey, California: Brooks/Cole.