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RE: st: RE: "Proper" usage: Univariate, bivariate, multivariate, multivariable
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Joe Canner <[email protected]>
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RE: st: RE: "Proper" usage: Univariate, bivariate, multivariate, multivariable
Date
Tue, 15 Oct 2013 23:38:44 +0000
Nicole,
I didn't notice on first reading that Hidalgo and Goodman equated independent and response variables. It seems that this is either a mistake or a non-standard use of the term "response variable". I think your understanding is correct.
There is a letter to the editor regarding this article that delves a little into the univariate/univariable and bivariate/bivariable discussion. Personally, I would find it confusing, even if it was technically correct and perfectly consistent, to refer to all analyses with one dependent variable as "univariate". If nothing else, SAS would have to find another name for PROC UNIVARIATE. :)
Joe
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From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Nicole Boyle [[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 6:40 PM
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Subject: Re: st: RE: "Proper" usage: Univariate, bivariate, multivariate, multivariable
Hi Joe,
Thanks for the very topical article! From yours and Nick's responses,
it appears that the multivariable vs. multivariate distinction is
mainly acknowledged in biostatistics and epidemiology (if at all).
Similar to you, I recall a biostatistics professor mention this
distinction in passing.