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Standard deviation

A measure showing how much values usually differ from the average.

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Variance 76% connected

The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation.

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Bayes' postulate noun · 86% connection

(statistics) the difficulty of applying Bayes' theorem is that the probabilities of the different causes are seldom known, in which ca…

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Bayes' theorem noun · 86% connection

(statistics) a theorem describing how the conditional probability of a set of possible causes for a given observed event can be comput…

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Bernoulli distribution noun · 86% connection

a theoretical distribution of the number of successes in a finite set of independent trials with a constant probability of success

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Bernoulli's law noun · 86% connection

(statistics) law stating that a large number of items taken at random from a population will (on the average) have the population stat…

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Binomial distribution noun · 86% connection

a theoretical distribution of the number of successes in a finite set of independent trials with a constant probability of success

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Centile noun · 86% connection

(statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of…

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Covariance noun · 86% connection

(statistics) the mean value of the product of the deviations of two variates from their respective means

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Covariation noun · 86% connection

(statistics) correlated variation

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Decile noun · 86% connection

An aspect or position of two planets, when they are distant from each other a tenth part of the zodiac, or 36?.

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Degree of freedom noun · 86% connection

(statistics) an unrestricted variable in a frequency distribution

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dependent variable noun · 86% connection

The result that a study measures.

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Distribution noun · 86% connection

The act of distributing or dispensing; the act of dividing or apportioning among several or many; apportionment; as, the distribution…

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Experimental variable noun · 86% connection

(statistics) a variable whose values are independent of changes in the values of other variables

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Gaussian distribution noun · 86% connection

a theoretical distribution with finite mean and variance

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independent variable noun · 86% connection

The factor a study changes or examines as a possible cause.

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Law of large numbers noun · 86% connection

(statistics) law stating that a large number of items taken at random from a population will (on the average) have the population stat…

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Normal distribution noun · 86% connection

a theoretical distribution with finite mean and variance

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Percentile noun · 86% connection

(statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of…

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Account payable noun · 78% connection

a liability account showing how much is owed for goods and services purchased on credit; "the problem was to match receivables and pay…