heteroscedasticity

heteroscedasticity
Non-constancy of the variance of a measure over the levels of the factor under study. [hetero + G. skedastikos, pertaining to scattering, fr. skedannumi, to scatter]

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het·ero·sce·das·tic·i·ty (het″ər-o-skə-das-tisґĭ-te) [hetero- + Gr. skedastikos tending to scatter] the property of having unequal variances.

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