homoscedasticity.

Equal variance of errors or measurements across observations, groups, or predictor values.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• assumption of homoscedasticity
• conditional homoscedasticity
• test homoscedasticity

On the page

The analyst checked homoscedasticity before relying on the model's standard errors.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal / analytical. Lexical Type: Word. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Commonness: uncommon (editorial estimate; not a corpus frequency statistic). Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1; numbered fields keep each relevant meaning separate. Research distinction: Equal statistical variances verified separately from independence and equal individual residuals; alternate k-spelling is not a second entry. Writing functions: statistical reasoning, methodological precision.