univariate and bivariate analysis.
univariate and bivariate analysis.
Module: Statistics
Professor: Julio Ferretiz Aguilar
Date: August 7, 2021
Team 1
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS Statistical analysis is divided into three main types: Univariate
Bivariate Multivariate
Univariate Analysis.
It consists of the analysis of each of the variables studied separately, that is, the
analysis is based on a single variable. The most frequent techniques of univariate
analysis are the frequency distribution for a univariate table and the analysis of the
central tendency measures of the variable. It is used only in those variables that
were measured at the interval or ratio level (see Therese L. Baker, 1997). The
frequency distribution of the variable requires seeing how the categories of the
variable are distributed, and can be presented based on the number of cases or in
percentage terms.
How to present the results and draw a conclusion about them is possibly the most
important part of statistics. Remember that a good report "is one that presents
statistically reliable data, with understandable tables or graphs."
Example:
Number of US Printing Industry Companies by Segment
Where:
µ = population mean
ΣXi = Summation of the scores
N = Number of cases
Bivariate Analysis
Bivariate data are those that come from two variables measured at the same time
on each individual. For example: Age and Gender, Education and Income, Weight
and Height, etc.
When bivariate data comes from two quantitative variables, it is of interest to study
the relationship between one and the other. The relationship can be of a very
different nature: linear, quadratic, exponential, logarithmic, trigonometric, etc. In
statistics, the relationship that interests us is the Linear Relationship, which is why
Linear Correlation and Linear Regression Analysis are carried out. Correlation
analysis is used to measure the strength of association between variables. The
objective is to measure the covariance that exists between these two numerical
variables. Regression analysis is used for prediction purposes. The aim is to
develop a statistical model useful for predicting the values of a dependent or
response variable based on the values of at least one independent or explanatory
variable.
With bivariate analysis we describe and evaluate the relationship between two
variables or the behavior of one variable as a function of another. Through
multivariate analysis we study three or more variables simultaneously and try to
determine the relationship between them.
What is data analysis, differentiating between univariate, bivariate and multivariate
data analysis?
This is quantitative data analysis. Analyses of this type can be univariate, that is,
assess a single variable, bivariate when we focus on finding correlations between
two variables, or multivariate, which consists of studying more than two variables.
Bivariate analysis techniques:
Example :
It was decided to examine the relationship between height (in meters) and weight
(in kilograms) using a sample of 12 female students from a certain school. The
data is shown in the following table:
The dividing line between a univariate and a bivariate study lies in the fact that the
latter strictly seeks to analyze two variables together, which we could well denote
as “X” and “Y” seeking to prove simple relationships of causality or association.
The basic goal of bivariate analysis is to investigate the relationship between two
sets of data, such as pairs of observations taken from the same sample or
individual. In statistics, a specific variant of bivariate studies is called simple
“correlational analysis,” which seeks to demonstrate that there is a significant direct
or inverse relationship between two variables.
In simple words, bivariate studies measure the relationship between two variables
(bi means two). In most cases of two-variable studies, the scope is limited to
knowing whether variables “X” and “Y” are linked. A coefficient or statistical ratio
that measures the degree of correlation is the coefficient of determination or “R
squared.”
For example, if you want to see how family income influences graduation rates,
you can use a bivariate correlation to examine the two variables.
A local ice cream shop tracks how much ice cream they sell compared to
the temperature that day.
Conclusion
Univariate analysis
It seeks to understand the behavior of each of the dependent variables analyzed
both in its original form and in the dichotomous form, this will allow us to
understand the way in which the original variables were transformed to construct
the dependent variables that allow the use of subsequent analysis techniques and
at the same time understand the distribution behavior of the same.
Bivariate analysis
It is the one that allows to identify more clearly the causal behaviors that may exist
between the dependent and explanatory variables since it consists of generating
the statistics that come from the intersection between these two types of variables
according to their role.