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Re: Variance of sample and whole dataset

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• Subject: [mg51205] Re: [mg51192] Variance of sample and whole dataset
• From: Tomas Garza <tgarza01 at prodigy.net.mx>
• Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 02:54:56 -0400 (EDT)
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Look at Help browser in add-ons Statistics|Descriptive Statistics. You'll
find there what you want.
Tomas Garza
Mexico City
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Uwe Ziegenhagen" <newsgroup at ziegenhagen.info>
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
Subject: [mg51205] [mg51192] Variance of sample and whole dataset


> Hello,
>
> with Variance[list] and StandardDeviation[list] I get the
> variance/std.dev for samples.
>
> Is there any builtin command for the variance of whole dataset (division
> by n, not by n-1)?
>
> Uwe
>
>
> -- 
>
> mail to newsgroup at ziegenhagen.info is read only from time to time. If
> you need an urgent answer, google for me.
>
>

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