--- Aca wrote:
> I think you missed the minus sign in the very first output. So no
> probs at all with var(A-B) = -varA + varB.
No, the general rule is:
var(aX + bY) = a^2var(X) + b^2var(Y) + 2abcov(X,Y)
in this case a = 1 and b = -1, so
var(1X + -1Y) = 1^2var(X) + (-1)^2var(Y) + 2 1 -1 cov(X,Y) =
var(X) + var(Y) -2cov(X,Y)
-- Maarten
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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