variance
Calculate the variance of a target column.
Variance measures the dispersion of a set of data points around their mean. It is a key metric for assessing the volatility and stability of financial returns or other time series data.
Parameters
- standard
data: list[openbb_core.provider.abstract.data.Data]
The time series data as a list of data points.
• Optional: False
target: str
The name of the column for which to calculate variance.
• Optional: False
Returns
results: list[Data]
Serializable results.
provider: None
Provider name.
warnings: Optional[list[Warning_]]
list of warnings.
chart: Optional[Chart]
Chart object.
extra: dict[str, Any]
Extra info.