coefficient of variation

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meanings of coefficientand variation

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coefficient
noun[ C ]
uk /ˌkəʊ.ɪˈfɪʃ.ənt/ us /ˌkoʊ.ɪˈfɪʃ.ənt/
a value, in mathematics, that appears in front of and multiplies ...
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variation
noun
uk /ˌveə.riˈeɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌver.iˈeɪ.ʃən/
a change in amount ...
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Examples of coefficient of variation

coefficient of variation
The terms inside the parentheses of (4) and (7) are the genetic coefficientofvariation of fitness traits under directional selection.
The technique is reliable in practised hands, with a coefficientofvariation of about 6%.
Including all data did not appreciably affect the parameters of the regression equation and increased the coefficientofvariation from 63% to 85%.
Except for the permit system, other systems have a much smaller coefficientofvariation.
Organic matter, carbon and nitrogen had the lowest coefficientofvariation in leaf fall, while those for magnesium, phosphorus and potassium were intermediate.
When however the variability is expressed as the coefficientofvariation, the trend is reversed.
A measure of this variability is the coefficientofvariation.
The average intra-assay coefficientofvariation was 11%.
In addition, the coefficientofvariation for reproductive mode should increase sharply at the switch point.
However, one should note that whereas savers face higher uncertainty (measured in terms of the coefficientofvariation) the non-savers face less.
They attributed this wide range of apparent responses to desiccation to a large coefficientofvariation in individual seed water contents during desiccation.
The coefficientofvariation was controlled at 3%.
This was related to a large increase in the coefficientofvariation during active states (150%).
The coefficientofvariation is as big as 0.398.
Genetic variance among lines was also highly variable according to trait mean value and standardized as a genetic coefficientofvariation.
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