Glossary Statistics / Term
For lists: For every number k>0, the fraction of elements in a list that are k SD's or further from the arithmetic mean of the list is at most 1/k2.
For random variables: For every number k>0, the probability that a random variable X is k SEs or further from its expected value is at most 1/k2.
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