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# scipy.stats.mstats.variation

`scipy.stats.mstats.``variation`(a, axis=0)

  Computes the coefficient of variation, the ratio of the biased standard deviation to the mean.

  Parameters: | a : array axis : int or None

  References

  [CRCProbStat2000] section 2.2.20

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