Complex sentence: MANOVA is a generalized form of univariate analysis of variance (ANOVA), although, unlike univariate ANOVA, it uses the variance-covariance between variables in testing the statistical significance of the mean differences.
Split into simpler sentences: MANOVA is a generalized form of univariate analysis of variance (ANOVA). Although, unlike univariate ANOVA, it uses the variance-covariance between variables in testing the statistical significance of the mean differences.