Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary
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variance [Brit ˈvɛːrɪəns, Am ˈvɛriəns] N
1. variance (gen):
2. variance:
- variance MATH, PHYS, STAT
- variance f
3. variance LAW (discrepancy):
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variance [ˈveəriənts, Am ˈveri-] N
1. variance no pl:
2. variance Am (permission):
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variance [ˈver·i·ən(t)s] N
1. variance:
2. variance (permission):
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The interesting issue with random fluctuations is the variance.
en.wikipedia.org The resulting estimator is unbiased, and is called the (corrected) sample variance or unbiased sample variance.
en.wikipedia.org That is, the basis functions are chosen to be different from each other, and to account for as much variance as possible.
en.wikipedia.org Specifically, the scaled inverse chi-squared distribution can be used as a conjugate prior for the variance parameter of a normal distribution.
en.wikipedia.org The variance decomposition indicates the amount of information each variable contributes to the other variables in the autoregression.
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