variance

Definitions of variance
  1. noun
    the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
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    déviation standard
    the square root of the variance
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    moment
    the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value
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