Bivariate Frequency Distribution Definition
A Bivariate Frequency Distribution is defined as the frequency distribution of:
- One variable
- Two variables — Correct Answer
- Three or more variables
- Only qualitative variables
Explanation:
Correct Answer Explanation
A Bivariate Frequency Distribution is the frequency distribution of two variables.
Key Points:
- It is used when we collect more than one type of information from each element of the sample.
- Example: Sales (in lakh Rs) and Advertisement Expenditure (in thousand Rs) of 20 firms.
- In a bivariate table: one variable is classed in columns and the other in rows.
- Each cell shows the frequency of the corresponding row and column values.
- Univariate distribution = one variable; Bivariate = two variables; Multivariate = more than two variables.
- Bivariate distribution is used in correlation analysis.
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