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Consider the Iris dataset, which has 4 attributes. KDE(kernel density estimation) is univariate analysis then how can we get overall kernel density estimation of the iris dataset

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With multivariate data, you need to use multivariate kernel density estimation, that differs from univariate case by either using product of univariate kernels, or multivariate kernels (e.g. instead of univariate Gaussian, multivariate normal density as kernel).

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  • That's surely right in principle. In practice, good luck visualizing a surface over all the variables based on just 150 observations for the _Iris_ data. I would focus on univariate and bivariate density estimation at most. – Nick Cox Jun 30 '20 at 15:14
  • @NickCox it doesn’t say that the point is plotting it, otherwise agree. – Tim Jun 30 '20 at 15:24
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    A density estimate for any other purpose could be useful, but at the same time it would hard to know how far to trust it if you can't see it. I wouldn't trust a univariate estimate I couldn't see. – Nick Cox Jun 30 '20 at 15:34