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Statistical measure of the variance of two random variables measured in the same mean time period
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covariance
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In probability theory and statistics , covariance is a measure of how much two random variables change together. If the greater values of one variable mainly correspond with the greater values of the other variable, and the same holds for the lesser values, ...
Wiktionary
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n. 1 (context statistics English) A statistical measure defined as scriptstyleoperatorname{Cov}(X, Y) = operatorname{E}((X - mu) (Y - nu)) given two real number-valued random variables ''X'' and ''Y'', with expected values scriptstyle E(X),=,mu and scriptstyle ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
covariance \covariance\ n. a statistical measure of the relationship of two variables, formed by multiplying the difference of each variable from its mean, both variables being measured at the same time, and averaging all such products.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1878, from covariant (1853), from co- + variant .
WordNet
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n. statistical measure of the variance of two random variables measured in the same mean time period
Usage examples of covariance.
Give our pickaninny his due: it was Howie who thought to run analyses of covariance of the size, frequency, gas composition, and absorption rates of the bubbles.