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variance
varianceA measure of dispersion. The variance of a set of N numbers is found by adding the squares of their deviations from their mean value, and dividing by N. Thus if the number are x i , i = 1, 2, … , N, and their mean is μ, their variance is given by.See analysis of variance.
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