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    Why sometimes SD calculation uses 1/(n-1) not 1/n ? chonho@gmail.

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    Population
    Sample 1 ... Sample n Mean = μ
    Variance = σ2

    Sample
    ^
    σ1 ^
    σn
    Variance
    σ ] should be σ2
    E[^
    E[^
    σ]
    But,

    Therefore,
    Std var (σ2): when n is large
    (or, n represents whole population)
    Unbiased var (σs2): when n is the number of samples

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