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univariate data a la shmoop. sometimes so much can be communicated by

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a single word. just be sure there's actually a fire. all right well in math [man and woman watch sunset]

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we have a term for that. univariate data. unit as in one. and variate as in

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variable. it's a good way of keeping things simple and uncomplicated so we

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can examine a single type of data and compare it to other data. so for example

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say someone conducted an experiment in which they tried to balance a bunch of

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different items on different body parts for varying lengths of time while

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standing in different positions. well there are a few balls in the air here. [man juggles large objects]

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rather than worried about our guy balancing a lit grill on his right

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shoulder for 20 minutes while standing on one leg we can instead zero in on the

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item he's balancing .but we're really just looking at a list. it might read

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holding chair teapot book show flat-screen television panda bear, and so

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on. if you're dealing with chemicals that react with one another in a certain [list of household items]

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temperature well you're gonna focus just on the types of chemicals or just on the

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temperature but not both. either way please try to keep some focus

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on the actual chemicals .and don't forget where the eyewash station is. okay if you

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get a handle on things and want to go a level deeper there's always bivariate

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data. now you can start bringing in a second variable into the mix here. if

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you're looking at men and women of different ages who graduated from [person stirs vegetables in a frying pan]

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various Clown colleges, well now you can track both the ages of the people and

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the prestigious Clown colleges they attended. but bivariate data is a

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different story for a different day. let's not get ahead of ourselves. so for

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now slow down enjoy life and try to maintain some talent. [juggling man is knocked down by bear]

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