Question about advisor

[egFace]

My advisor has recently discovered some alternative, uncommon way of doing ANOVA (i.e. Rodger's method http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Rodger's_Method).He now wants to use this method for all future analyses. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the method, and so far it makes sense. Still, the method is almost unheard of, and I have a feeling that it is not in my best interests to be associated with a researcher who is using such an unconventional way of doing ANOVA. He is going to want to apply this method to my own future experiments as well. Is this good or bad for my future career? 

[The Wayfarer]

I'm not very familiar with the type of ANOVA you're referring to but I think it is a matter how how respected your advisor is in the field. I typically follow my advisor's advice as much as possible but she is also well known in the subfield I want to go in. You are your advisor in a sense, so I would weigh your options of whether or not you want to be seen as your advisor's student or as your own person on the job market.