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Formulation F8972 on D3844: Index of dispersion
F8972
Formulation 0
Let $X \in \text{Random}(\mathbb{R})$ be a D3161: Random real number such that
(i) \begin{equation} \mathbb{E} |X|^2 < \infty \end{equation}
(ii) \begin{equation} \mathbb{E} X \neq 0 \end{equation}
The index of dispersion of $X$ is the D993: Real number \begin{equation} \text{Disp} X : = \frac{\text{Var} X}{\mathbb{E} X} \end{equation}