Solution

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An unbiased estimator of a parameter satisfies for every permissible value of . Since the sample mean is linear,
so is unbiased.
Use the identity
The two expectations on the right are and , respectively. Hence
Thus
The unbiased sample variance instead divides the same sum of squares by .

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