CoV is a simple calculation to measure the variation in your process. Let’s see how to do the calculation, explore an industry application, and answer a few questions about CoV. CoV, also known as the ...

Steven Nickolas is a writer and has 10+ years of experience working as a consultant to retail and institutional investors. Portfolio variance is a measure of the dispersion of returns of a portfolio.

Background. Health adjusted life years (HALYs) are used for estimating burden of disease and as outcomes in cost-effectiveness analyses of medical care and public health interventions. Objectives. The ...

While previous sections of this report have focused on the kinds of systematic biases that may be the largest worry when it comes to public opinion polls, the variance (or precision) of estimates is ...

The National Quality Forum issued guidance on reducing unnecessary variations in healthcare quality measures, with the aim of making measurement more consistent and useful in enhancing patient care. A ...

As healthcare providers wade through hundreds of often burdensome reportable quality measures, a new National Quality Forum study offers guidance on reducing variation and repetition. In 2013, NQF ...