Explain: Univariate vs.

Bivariate
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Univariate vs. Bivariate Data:

Data can be classified by the number of variables it has.

Univariate Data Bivariate Data

when we look at only one variable when we look at two variables

For example, suppose we took
a survey and measured the
shoe size of 100 people at a
local mall. Since we are
only working with one
variable (shoe size), we have
univariate data.
Recall, "uni" means one. As in the
spanish word for 1, "uno", or as in
"unique".
For example, suppose we took
a survey to find a
relationship between a person’s
height and shoe size. Since we
are working with two
variables (height and shoe size), we
have bivariate data.
Recall: "bi" means two. As in
"bicycle", or "binary".

Note: In statistics, sometimes you will need to look are more than two variables. But for this unit, we
will only be discussing univariate and bivariate data.