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Multivariate or Multivariable Regression?

2012; American Public Health Association; Volume: 103; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2105/ajph.2012.300897

1541-0048

Bertha Hidalgo, Melody S. Goodman,

Hydrology and Drought Analysis

The terms multivariate and multivariable are often used interchangeably in the public health literature. However, these terms actually represent 2 very distinct types of analyses. We define the 2 types of analysis and assess the prevalence of use of the statistical term multivariate in a 1-year span of articles published in the American Journal of Public Health. Our goal is to make a clear distinction and to identify the nuances that make these types of analyses so distinct from one another.