Covariance

Covariance stands for:

• a measure in statistics:
  • for a data series / sample and the estimate of the population covariance (corrected sample covariance) see sample covariance
  • for two random variables see covariance (stochastics)
• a concept of object-oriented programming, see covariance and contravariance
• a transformation behavior of mathematical or physical quantities, see covariance (physics) and tensor

In the mathematical sub-area of ​​category theory, a functor is covariant in the usual sense .

See also:

• Autocovariance

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