Definition of "bivariate" []

• Mathematics Having two variables: bivariate binomial distribution. (adjective)

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• "Further, they are not able to perform advanced analyses, such as bivariate diagnostic test meta-analyses, because they cannot maximize difficult likelihood functions, and they cannot be readily extended to include additional analytic options."
• "Table 15.1 represents only the bivariate relationship between “true believer” and various other traits."
• "If you just fit a simple bivariate model using CO2 and global average temperature, you would not be particularly confident that you had found a stable, well-fitting relationship."