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Salaheddine Hamou
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30 Jun 2023

Posted on:

12 Jan 2023

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sample variance

in Statistics / Variance

Why do you devise by n-1?

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Rohit Baburao Survase
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30 Jun 2023

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We divide by n-1 to correct the bias as we are using the sample mean instead of the population mean, to calculate the variance.

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