multivariate analysis

Noun
  1. A generic term for any statistical technique used to analyze data from more than one variable (synset 106030596)
    referred to in: 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
    is a type of: statistical method, statistical procedure - a method of analyzing or representing statistical data; a procedure for calculating a statistic
    subtypes:
    • multiple correlation, multiple regression - a statistical technique that predicts values of one variable on the basis of two or more other variables
    • regression analysis - the use of regression to make quantitative predictions of one variable from the values of another
    • correlational analysis - the use of statistical correlation to evaluate the strength of the relations between variables
    • analysis of variance, anova - a statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more means; a statistical method that yields values that can be tested to determine whether a significant relation exists between variables

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