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multivariate distribution

the arrangement of scores obtained on several variables. For example, a health researcher may want to examine the multivariate distribution of scores on level of exercise, cholesterol level, and blood pressure in a sample of individuals at risk for heart disease. Compare univariate distribution.

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Estes–Skinner procedure

Estes–Skinner procedure

another name for conditioned suppression. [after William K. Estes and B. F. Skinner, who developed the technique in 1941]