The variance or covariance of a distribution, either calculated analytically if or estimated numerically.
variance(object)
| object | Distribution. |
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Variance as a numeric.
The variance of a distribution is defined by the formula $$var_X = E[X^2] - E[X]^2$$ where \(E_X\) is the expectation of distribution X. If the distribution is multivariate the covariance matrix is returned.
If an analytic expression isn't available, returns error. To impute a numerical expression, use the
CoreStatistics decorator.
$variance()
CoreStatistics, decorate and genExp.