Further Mathematics A-Level
Variance (Var(X))
What Variance (Var(X)) means in Further Mathematics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Variance (Var(X))
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A measure of the spread or dispersion of a random variable around its mean. It is the expectation of the squared deviation of a random variable from its mean.
Topics that use Variance (Var(X))
- Discrete Random Variables (OCR A-Level)
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