A monotonicity property of variances
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We prove that variances of non-negative random variables have the following monotonicity property: For all $0 < r < s \le 1$, and all $0 \le X \in L^2$, we have $\operatorname{Var}(X^r)^{1/r} \le \operatorname{Var}(X^s)^{1/s}$. We also discuss the real valued case.
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