Deviance vs. Variance

Deviancenoun

(sociology) Actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as laws and customs.

Variancenoun

The act of varying or the state of being variable

Deviancenoun

A person or thing that differs from the expected. en

Variancenoun

A difference between what is expected and what happens

Deviancenoun

an aberrant state or condition.

Variancenoun

The state of differing or being in conflict

Deviancenoun

deviate behavior.

Variancenoun

A discrepancy, especially between two legal documents

Deviancenoun

a state or condition markedly different from the norm

Variancenoun

(statistics) The second central moment in probability

Deviancenoun

deviate behavior

Variancenoun

covariance and contravariance generally

Variancenoun

The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation.

Variancenoun

Difference that produces dispute or controversy; disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel.

‘That which is the strength of their amity shall prove the immediate author of their variance.’;

Variancenoun

A disagreement or difference between two parts of the same legal proceeding, which, to be effectual, ought to agree, - as between the writ and the declaration, or between the allegation and the proof.

Variancenoun

The expected value of the square of the deviation from the mean of a randomly distributed variable; the second moment about the mean. This is also the square of the standard deviation.

Variancenoun

an event that departs from expectations

Variancenoun

discord that splits a group

Variancenoun

the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value

Variancenoun

a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions;

‘a growing divergence of opinion’;

Variancenoun

the quality of being subject to variation

Variancenoun

an activity that varies from a norm or standard;

‘any variation in his routine was immediately reported’;

Variancenoun

the fact or quality of being different, divergent, or inconsistent

‘her light tone was at variance with her sudden trembling’; ‘the stylistic variances of classical dance’;

Variancenoun

the state or fact of disagreeing or quarrelling

‘they were at variance with all their previous allies’;

Variancenoun

a discrepancy between two statements or documents.

Variancenoun

a quantity equal to the square of the standard deviation.

Variancenoun

an official dispensation from a rule or regulation, typically a building regulation.

Variance

In probability theory and statistics, variance is the expectation of the squared deviation of a random variable from its mean. Variance is a measure of dispersion, meaning it is a measure of how far a set of numbers is spread out from their average value.