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Plural of covariance

regular plural

The plural of covariance is covariances.

Forms of covariance

Singularcovariance /kəʊˈvɛː.ɹi.əns/
Pluralcovariances
Countablecountable and uncountable

Covariances in a sentence

  • The elements of such a correlation matrix do not have asymptotic variances and covariances of the form (1.2), even if S has a Wishart distribution.2002, Karl G. Jöreskog, Dag Sörbom, PRELIS 2 User's Reference Guide, Scientific Software International, page 28
  • For each augmented time window, we calculate windowwise covariances.From the entry windowwise
  • The existence of boni and mali for the different risks can be interpreted through the sign of estimated covariances.c. 1997, ASTIN Bulletin, page 48. From the entry mali
  • Dividing the covariances by the variance gives the autocorrelations.1990, K. Holden, D. Peel, John L. Thompson, Economic Forecasting, →ISBN, page 67. From the entry autocorrelation

Meaning of covariance

  1. noun A statistical measure defined as scriptstyle operatorname Cov(X,Y)= operatorname E((X-μ)(Y-ν)) given two real-valued random variables X and Y, with expected values scriptstyle E(X),=,μ and scriptstyle E(Y),=,ν.
  2. noun The conversion of data types from wider to narrower in certain situations.

Full definition of covariance

Questions about the plural of covariance

What is the plural of covariance?
The plural of covariance is covariances.
Is covariance countable?
Covariance is a countable and uncountable noun.

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