Multivariate Statistics Multivariate statistics let you analyze your data by evaluating groups of variables together.
Multivariate analysis can help segment data in clusters for further analysis.
In addition, multivariate methods can reduce a large set of variables to a set that is more manageable but still representative of the larger set. In this case four measures of automobile performance are compared. It is important to be able to quickly understand and describe potentially large sets of data. The Statistics Toolbox has a number of functions for producing numerical and graphical summaries of data. Here we see a box and whisker plot, which graphs the lower and upper quartile, median, range, and outliers for data sets.