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homoscedastic

[ hoh-muh-si-das-tik, hom-uh- ]
/ ˌhoʊ mə sɪˈdæs tɪk, ˌhɒm ə- /

adjective Statistics.

having the same variance.

Nearby words

  1. homopolymer,
  2. homopteran,
  3. homopterous,
  4. homorganic,
  5. homoromantic,
  6. homoserine,
  7. homosexual,
  8. homosexuality,
  9. homosocial,
  10. homosporous

Origin of homoscedastic

1900–05; homo- + Greek skedastikós able to disperse, equivalent to skedast(ós) dispersable (verbid of skedannýnai to scatter, disperse) + -ikos -ic
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British Dictionary definitions for homoscedastic

homoscedastic

/ (ˌhəʊməʊskɪˈdæstɪk) /

adjective statistics

(of several distributions) having equal variance
(of a bivariate or multivariate distribution) having one variable whose variance is the same for all values of the other or others
(of a random variable) having this property
Compare heteroscedastic
Derived Formshomoscedasticity (ˌhəʊməʊskɪdæsˈtɪsɪtɪ), noun

Word Origin for homoscedastic

C20: from homo- + scedastic, from Greek skedasis a scattering, dispersal
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