MULTIVARIATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does multivariate mean? 

• MULTIVARIATE (adjective)
  The adjective MULTIVARIATE has 1 sense:

1. pertaining to any procedure involving two or more variables

  Familiarity information: MULTIVARIATE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MULTIVARIATE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pertaining to any procedure involving two or more variables

Similar:

variable (liable to or capable of change)

Domain category:

statistics (a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters)

 Context examples 

The parameters of the multivariate normal distribution include the mean and variance of each individual variable and the correlations between variables.

(Multivariate Normal Distribution, NCI Thesaurus)

In multivariate regression analysis, age, hair whitening score, hypertension and dyslipidaemia were independent predictors of the presence of atherosclerotic coronary artery disease.

(Grey Hair Linked with Increased Heart Disease Risk in Men, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

In their multivariate regression analysis, the researchers found aspirin therapy was independently associated with reduced liver cancer risk.

(An Aspirin A Day Keep Liver Cancer Away, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)