variance **

A man can never do anything at variance with his own nature.

The one would be at too great a variance with the other.

In Variance, you put your life on the line again.

My son and I are at variance on this point.

Case 1: The mean and the variance are both known.

But the point I want to make is about the "analysis of variance."

The town has been asked to grant a variance for the center.

"The variance started out around two percent off normal performance."

He read the variance one more time, then looked at the crowd.

The variance is not simply the average difference from the expected value.

This point of view is, however, at variance with some historical data.

More recently there has been far smaller variance in population.

The variance between the local and national media can be seen in other categories.

The board is scheduled to make its decision on the variance the following week.

It was so at variance with her attitude to the world in general.

The variance has a much greater effect on the fit than does the mean.

People are most likely to take action when variance is at its peak.

It probably means nothing, other than statistical and human variance.

Case 4: Both the mean and the variance are unknown.

It may seem like a small variance, but its impact is obvious.

Working and living conditions are at variance with basic human laws.

The variance in the experimental design was thus quite high.

The results were at slight but significant variance with those of the computer.

Two weeks later, she got a call saying that a variance had been granted.

There's often a bigger variance among companies than you might expect.