The semi-variance is the average of the squared deviations of values that are less than the mean.
Semi-variance is useful when studying events that lie below the mean.
Some other related topics you might be interested to explore are Variance and Standard Deviation.
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Semi-Variance and Semi-Deviation are among the topics included in the Quantitative Methods module of the CFA Level 1 Curriculum.
