| Note that <math>\Eta(Y|X)</math> is the result of averaging <math>\Eta(Y|X=x)</math> over all possible values <math>x</math> that <math>X</math> may take. Also, if the above sum is taken over a sample <math>y_1, \dots, y_n</math>, the expected value <math>E_X[ \Eta(y_1, \dots, y_n \mid X = x)]</math> is known in some domains as '''equivocation'''.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Hellman, M.|author2=Raviv, J.|year=1970|title=Probability of error, equivocation, and the Chernoff bound|journal=IEEE Transactions on Information Theory|volume=16|issue=4|pp=368-372}}</ref> | | Note that <math>\Eta(Y|X)</math> is the result of averaging <math>\Eta(Y|X=x)</math> over all possible values <math>x</math> that <math>X</math> may take. Also, if the above sum is taken over a sample <math>y_1, \dots, y_n</math>, the expected value <math>E_X[ \Eta(y_1, \dots, y_n \mid X = x)]</math> is known in some domains as '''equivocation'''.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Hellman, M.|author2=Raviv, J.|year=1970|title=Probability of error, equivocation, and the Chernoff bound|journal=IEEE Transactions on Information Theory|volume=16|issue=4|pp=368-372}}</ref> |