Univariate Analysis

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Univariate analysis is the simplest form of quantitative (statistical) analysis. The analysis is carried out with the description of a single variable and its attributes of the applicable unit of analysis.For example, if the variable age was the subject of the analysis, the researcher would look at how many subjects fall into a given age attribute categories.Univariate analysis contrasts with bivariate analysis - the analysis of two variables simultaneously - or multivariate analysis - the analysis of multiple variables simultaneously. Univariate analysis is also used primarily for descriptive purposes, while bivariate and multivariate analysis are geared more towards explanatory purposes.Univariate analysis is commonly used in the first stages of research, in analyzing the data at hand, before being supplemented by more advance, inferential bivariate or multivariate analysis.