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variance (tsz. variances)

  1. eltérés
  2. diszharmónia
  3. (matematika) variancia In probability theory and statistics, variance is the expected value of the squared deviation from the mean of a random variable. The standard deviation (SD) is obtained as the square root of the variance. Variance is a measure of dispersion, meaning it is a measure of how far a set of numbers is spread out from their average value. It is the second central moment of a distribution, and the covariance of the random variable with itself, and it is often represented by  ,  ,  ,  , or  .