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Covariance Definition & Meaning

covariance
noun
  1. (statistics) the mean value of the product of the deviations of two variates from their respective means

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What does covariance mean?
(statistics) the mean value of the product of the deviations of two variates from their respective means
What part of speech is covariance?
Covariance is a noun.

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