Variance (expectation of the squared deviation of a random variable from its mean)

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Example of samples from two populations with the same mean but different variances. The red population has mean 100 and variance 100 (SD=10) while the blue population has mean 100 and variance 2500 (SD=50) where SD stands for Standard Deviation.

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computational formula for the variance	symbol represents
isotropic Gaussian function formulation	symbol represents
law of total variance	facet of
normal distribution	symbol represents

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