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The advantages and disadvantages of using extraneous information about the relationship between variate and covariate in analysis of covariance are examined. The problem is considered both theoretically and by a simulation study. It is found that the usefulness of extraneous information in increasing the precision of analysis of covariance can be assessed using simple formulae.
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