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nanvar(a, axis=None, dtype=None, out=None, ddof=0, keepdims=<no value>, *, where=<no value>)

Returns the variance of the array elements, a measure of the spread of a distribution. The variance is computed for the flattened array by default, otherwise over the specified axis.

For all-NaN slices or slices with zero degrees of freedom, NaN is returned and a :None:None:`RuntimeWarning` is raised.

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Notes

The variance is the average of the squared deviations from the mean, i.e., var = mean(abs(x - x.mean())**2) .

The mean is normally calculated as x.sum() / N , where N = len(x) . If, however, :None:None:`ddof` is specified, the divisor N - ddof is used instead. In standard statistical practice, ddof=1 provides an unbiased estimator of the variance of a hypothetical infinite population. ddof=0 provides a maximum likelihood estimate of the variance for normally distributed variables.

Note that for complex numbers, the absolute value is taken before squaring, so that the result is always real and nonnegative.

For floating-point input, the variance is computed using the same precision the input has. Depending on the input data, this can cause the results to be inaccurate, especially for float32 (see example below). Specifying a higher-accuracy accumulator using the dtype keyword can alleviate this issue.

For this function to work on sub-classes of ndarray, they must define sum with the kwarg :None:None:`keepdims`

Parameters

a : array_like: Array containing numbers whose variance is desired. If a is not an array, a conversion is attempted.
axis : {int, tuple of int, None}, optional: Axis or axes along which the variance is computed. The default is to compute the variance of the flattened array.
dtype : data-type, optional: Type to use in computing the variance. For arrays of integer type the default is float64 ; for arrays of float types it is the same as the array type.
out : ndarray, optional: Alternate output array in which to place the result. It must have the same shape as the expected output, but the type is cast if necessary.
ddof : int, optional: "Delta Degrees of Freedom": the divisor used in the calculation is N - ddof , where N represents the number of non-NaN elements. By default :None:None:`ddof` is zero.
keepdims : bool, optional: If this is set to True, the axes which are reduced are left in the result as dimensions with size one. With this option, the result will broadcast correctly against the original a.
where : array_like of bool, optional: Elements to include in the variance. See :None:None:`~numpy.ufunc.reduce` for details.

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Returns

variance : ndarray, see dtype parameter above: If :None:None:`out` is None, return a new array containing the variance, otherwise return a reference to the output array. If ddof is >= the number of non-NaN elements in a slice or the slice contains only NaNs, then the result for that slice is NaN.

Compute the variance along the specified axis, while ignoring NaNs.

Examples

>>> a = np.array([[1, np.nan], [3, 4]])
... np.nanvar(a)
1.5555555555555554

>>> np.nanvar(a, axis=0)
array([1.,  0.])

>>> np.nanvar(a, axis=1)
array([0.,  0.25])  # may vary

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