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univariate

American  
[yoo-nuh-vair-ee-it] / ˌyu nəˈvɛər i ɪt /

adjective

Statistics.

  1. (of a distribution) having one variate.

Etymology

Origin of univariate

uni- + variate

Example Sentences

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It may be from two samples, but it is still a univariate variable.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

We could not do that before when we were doing descriptive statistics because those data were univariate.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

We now explain how the multivariate polynomials p1, …, pm are secretly related to a univariate polynomial.

From Nature • Sep. 12, 2017

We first applied a range of univariate and multivariate statistical tests to determine the importance of these features.

From Nature • Dec. 25, 2016

The student will analyze and graph univariate data.

From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013

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