variance

Summary

variance is a descriptive statistic^[1]. variance draws 25,498 Wikipedia views per month (descriptive_statistic category, ranking #2 of 5).^[2]

Key Facts

• variance's instance of is recorded as descriptive statistic^[3].
• variance's instance of is recorded as moment of order r^[4].
• variance's Commons category is recorded as Variance^[5].
• variance is the opposite of precision^[6].
• variance's described by source is recorded as ISO 3534-1:2006(en) Statistics — Vocabulary and symbols — Part 1: General statistical terms and terms used in probability^[7].
• variance's partially coincident with is recorded as variance^[8].
• variance's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/variance^[9].
• variance's main Wikidata property is recorded as P10743^[10].
• variance's different from is recorded as sample variance^[11].
• variance's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[12].
• variance's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[13].
• variance's invariant under is recorded as translation^[14].
• variance's P14534 is recorded as ProbabilityTheory.variance^[15].
• variance's P14541 is recorded as 4OqUOm^[16].
• variance's P14864 is recorded as varianssi^[17].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include descriptive statistic^[3] and moment of order r^[4]. variance is the opposite of precision^[6].

Why It Matters

variance draws 25,498 Wikipedia views per month (descriptive_statistic category, ranking #2 of 5).^[2] variance has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[18] variance is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[19]

variance is credited with the discovery of Ronald Fisher^[20], a mathematician^[21], 1890–1962^[22], of United Kingdom^[23], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society^[24], specialised in statistics^[25].

FAQs

What did variance discover?

variance is credited as discoverer of Ronald Fisher^[20].