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Glossary

Unit of analysis

The unit which is being analysed. This is synonymous to case.

Univariate

Univariate analysis involves analysis of a single variable. Examples of univariate analyses include descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, kurtosis) goodness-of-fit tests and the Student’s t-test.