Definition:Multivariate Data

Definition

Multivariate data consists of ordered tuples of observations of a number of variables for each of a number of units.

Examples

Biological Data

An example of multivariate data is a set of measurements of:

sex

body weight

respiratory rate

daily food intake

of each of $20$ mice.

Also see

• Results about multivariate data can be found here.

Sources

• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): data (singular datum)