{{distinguish|text=[[Multiple linear regression]], [[Generalized linear model]] or [[General linear methods]]}}
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The '''general linear model''' or '''general multivariate regression model''' is simply a compact way of writing multiplevarious [[Linear regression|multivariablemultiple linear regression]] models. In that sense it is not a separate statistical [[linear model]]. The multiplevarious multivariablemultiple linear regression models may be compactly written as <ref name="MardiaK1979Multivariate">{{Cite book | author = [[K. V. Mardia]], J. T. Kent and J. M. Bibby | title = Multivariate Analysis | publisher = [[Academic Press]] | year = 1979 | isbn = 0-12-471252-5}}</ref>