The endocrine component of the pancreas consists of islet cells (islets of Langerhans) that create and release important hormones directly into the bloodstream. Two of the main pancreatic hormones are insulin, which acts to lower blood sugar, and glucagon, which acts to raise blood sugar.
Variability is a measure of the spread of a data set. Learn more about the different measures of variability including the range, variance, and standard deviation, and how they are used in the field of Psychology.
In statistics, the coefficient of determination R2 is the proportion of variability in a data set that is accounted for by a statistical model. In this definition, the term variability is defined as the sum of squares. There are equivalent expressions for R2 based on an analysis of variance decomposition.