In statistics, explained variation measures the proportion to which a mathematical model accounts for the variation (dispersion) of a given data set. Often...

number of clusters in a data set. The method consists of plotting the explained variation as a function of the number of clusters and picking the elbow of...

Continuum (pl.: continua or continuums) theories or models explain variation as involving gradual quantitative transitions without abrupt changes or discontinuities...

represents the data being modelled. In particular, the explained sum of squares measures how much variation there is in the modelled values and this is compared...

The calculus of variations (or variational calculus) is a field of mathematical analysis that uses variations, which are small changes in functions and...

Edward Elgar composed his Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, popularly known as the Enigma Variations, between October 1898 and February 1899. It...

would happen if the other covariates explained a great deal of the variation of y, but they mainly explain variation in a way that is complementary to what...

Variations is a series of works by the American composer John Cage. A number of the pieces in the series are seminal examples of indeterminate music, others...

Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thought is a 2001 book by cognitive anthropologist Pascal Boyer, in which the author discusses...

Unwarranted variation (or geographic variation) in health care service delivery refers to medical practice pattern variation that cannot be explained by illness...

compares the amount of variation between the group means to the amount of variation within each group. If the between-group variation is substantially larger...

behavioristic concept introduced by Jack Michael in 1982. It is used to explain variations in the effects in the consequences of behavior. Most importantly,...

methods: Elbow method (clustering): This method involves plotting the explained variation as a function of the number of clusters, and picking the elbow of...

stupidity that which can be explained by moderately rational individuals following incentives in a complex system. A variation appears in The Wheels of Chance...

Vertical pressure variation is the variation in pressure as a function of elevation. Depending on the fluid in question and the context being referred...

both the genetic and the cultural theories is their inability to explain variation in Jewish intellectual attainment over time. Instead of speculating...

Genetic variation is the difference in DNA among individuals or the differences between populations among the same species. The multiple sources of genetic...

sociologist Donald Black, which uses a multi-dimensional model to explain variations in the behavior of social life. In Black's own use and application...

replicated by the model, based on the proportion of total variation of outcomes explained by the model. There are several definitions of R2 that are...

foundations theory is a social psychological theory intended to explain the origins of and variation in human moral reasoning on the basis of innate, modular...

with a very strong novelty. Lasker Variation: 5...0-0 6.e3 h6 (Neo-orthodox Variation) 7.Bh4 Ne4 (Lasker Variation) 8.Bxe7 Qxe7, is also a solid line...

The Mind, Explained, a series focused specifically on topics related to the human brain. On January 4, 2020, a follow-up titled Sex, Explained was released...

and between human populations. Among other things, HBE attempts to explain variation in human behavior as adaptive solutions to the competing life-history...

The secular variation of a time series is its long-term, non-periodic variation (see Decomposition of time series). Whether a variation is perceived as...

In meteorology, diurnal temperature variation is the variation between a high air temperature and a low temperature that occurs during the same day. Temperature...

index of qualitative variation (IQV) is a measure of statistical dispersion in nominal distributions. Examples include the variation ratio or the information...

Magnetic declination (also called magnetic variation) is the angle between magnetic north and true north at a particular location on the Earth's surface...

intent was to explain suicide sociologically within a holistic perspective, emphasizing that "he intended his theory to explain variation among social...

Radial force variation or road force variation (RFV) is a property of a tire that affects steering, traction, braking and load support. High values of...

variance within an experiment that is "explained" or "accounted for" by the experiment's model (Explained variation). Pearson's correlation, often denoted...