Definitions

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  • adjective statistics Having the same finite variance for all elements.

Etymologies

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From homo- +‎ Ancient Greek σκεδαστός ("able to be scattered").

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Examples

  • But I cannot help but wonder if your homoscedastic estimation of events is obtusely contrived or imminently imposed upon you.

    Corrections « BuzzMachine 2005

  • Did you get homoscedastic variances in the other reconstructions?

    Wilson on Yamal Substitution « Climate Audit 2006

  • Rob, what test did you use for homoscedastic variance?

    Wilson on Yamal Substitution « Climate Audit 2006

  • Student's t-test was used to evaluate null hypotheses for homoscedastic data, while Welch's t-test was used for heteroscedastic data.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Luke W. Meredith et al. 2009

  • Which usually means they can’t argue it. katwoman, please go to Google and type in define: homoscedastic.

    Corrections « BuzzMachine 2005

  • What is “perposterous”? {cannot help but wonder if your homoscedastic estimation of events} And what is “homoscedastic” You can’t just make up words – but you are a writer, so I guess you can fabricate.

    Corrections « BuzzMachine 2005

  • Rob Wilson has written me to say that DWJ also used Briffa’s Yamal for their RCS reconstruction because he could not get homoscedastic variances from the Polar Urals data.

    Realclimate on O&B « Climate Audit 2006

  • In response to that note, Rob wrote to say that he used Briffa’s 2000 Yamal series because he "could not develop an RCS chronology that had homoscedastic variance through time using the Polar Urals data."

    Wilson on Yamal Substitution « Climate Audit 2006

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