What does "homoscedasticity" mean?

A property of a set of random variables such that each variable has the same finite variance.

How do you pronounce "homoscedasticity"?

Pronounced //hoʊmoʊsɪdæsˈtɪsɪti//.

//hoʊmoʊsɪdæsˈtɪsɪti// noun

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Noun

1
A property of a set of random variables such that each variable has the same finite variance. uncountable, usually
"Before analysis, homoscedasticities of sample variances were assessed by Cochran's C and Bartlett's Box tests."

"Before analysis, homoscedasticities of sample variances were assessed by Cochran's C and Bartlett's Box tests."

From homo- + scedasticity.

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