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    Covariance

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    Basic definition

    The covariance of a set of variables is a measure of the strength of their correlation.

    Detailed definition

    Covariance provides a measure of the strength of the correlation between two or more sets of random variates. The covariance for two random variates X and Y, each with sample size N, is defined by the expectation value
cov(X, Y) | = | ⟨(X - μ_X)(Y - μ_Y)⟩
 | = | ⟨X Y⟩ - μ_X μ_y
where μ_x = ⟨X⟩ and μ_y = ⟨Y⟩ are the respective means, which can be written out explicitly as
cov(X, Y) = sum_(i = 1)^N ((x_i - x^_)(y_i - y^_))/N.

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    Covariance

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