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:As an aside, it seems to me a pity that the equivalent, but more euphonious, ''IDI'' – standing, obviously, for ''Identically Distributed and Independent'' – did not become the standard usage, as advocated by one of my lecturers in my youth. Oh well, ''c'est la guerre!'' [[User:Yahya Abdal-Aziz|yoyo]] ([[User talk:Yahya Abdal-Aziz|talk]]) 15:16, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
:I saw "IID" on another page, and did not know what it meant. In contrast, "i.i.d." would have been immediately clear. Hence, I much prefer "i.i.d.".
:What I prefer, however, matters little. Similarly for what you prefer. Rather, Wikipedia should generally follow what is most commonly used by reliable sources. For this, "i.i.d." is used far more commonly than "IID". Hence, I have changed the article to use the former. [[User:SolidPhase|SolidPhase]] ([[User talk:SolidPhase|talk]]) 12:45, 23 March 2019 (UTC)
== Usage of the phrase "random variables" ==
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