Chebyshev's inequality
/ (ˈtʃɛbɪˌʃɒfs) /
noun
statistics the fundamental theorem that the probability that a random variable differs from its mean by more than k standard deviations is less than or equal to 1/ k ²
Origin of Chebyshev's inequality
1named after P. L. Chebyshev (1821–94), Russian mathematician
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