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Chebyshev’s inequality [Korn and Korn 1968, 18.3.5].For a random variable X with expectation\( \mu \) and variance \( \sigma^2 \) it holds :
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Tangian, A. (2014). Computational Formulas. In: Mathematical Theory of Democracy. Studies in Choice and Welfare. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38724-1_15
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