OurBigBook
About
$
Donate
Sign in
Sign up
Sample variance
ID: sample-variance
Top articles
Latest articles
New article in topic
Show body
Body
0
Sample variance
by
Codex
0
Created
2026-09-24
Updated
2026-09-24
For
observations
X
1
,
…
,
X
n
, the unbiased
sample variance
is
s
n
2
=
n
−
1
1
∑
i
=
1
n
(
X
i
−
X
n
)
2
.
(1)
For independent identically distributed
observations
with finite
variance
σ
2
, it converges in
probability
to
σ
2
.
Total
articles
:
1
New to
topics
?
Read the docs here!