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scipy.stats.rv_continuous.var

rv_continuous.var(*args, **kwds)[source]

Variance of the distribution.

Parameters:

arg1, arg2, arg3,... : array_like

The shape parameter(s) for the distribution (see docstring of the instance object for more information)

loc : array_like, optional

location parameter (default=0)

scale : array_like, optional

scale parameter (default=1)

Returns:

var : float

the variance of the distribution