homoscedasticity

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noun

ho·​mo·​sce·​das·​tic·​i·​ty ˌhō-mō-si-ˌda-ˈsti-sə-tē 

ˌhä-

: the property of having equal statistical variances

homoscedastic

ˌhō-mō-si-ˈda-stik 

ˌhä-

adjective

homoscedastic

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adjective

homo·​sce·​das·​tic pronunciation at homo- +s(k)ə̇¦dastik 

: having equal standard deviations

homoscedastic statistical distributions

homoscedasticity

¦⸗(ˌ)⸗ˌs(k)ēˌdaˈstisətē 

noun

plural -es

Word History

Etymology

Noun

hom- + Greek skedastikos able to disperse, from skedannynai to disperse

Adjective

hom- + Late Greek skedastikos able to scatter, from Greek skedastos capable of being scattered (from skedannynai to scatter) + -ikos -ic

First Known Use

Noun

1905, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for homoscedasticity

• carcinogenicity
• cardiotoxicity
• hepatotoxicity
• hydroelectricity
• immunogenicity
• teratogenicity
• tumorigenicity
• viscoelasticity
• analyticity
• anharmonicity
• antigenicity
• automaticity