Simulation showing bias in sample variance | Probability and Statistics | Khan Academy

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Courses on Khan Academy are always 100% free. Start practicing—and saving your progress—now: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/ap-statistics/summarizing-quantitative-data-ap/more-standard-deviation/v/simulation-showing-bias-in-sample-variance Simulation by Peter Collingridge giving us a better understanding of why we divide by (n-1) when calculating the unbiased sample variance. Simulation available at: http://www.khanacademy.org/cs/challenge-unbiased-estimate-of-population-variance/1169428428 Practice this lesson yourself on KhanAcademy.org right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/probability/descriptive-statistics/variance_std_deviation/e/variance?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=Desc&utm_campaign=ProbabilityandStatistics Watch the next lesson: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/probability/descriptive-statistics/variance_std_deviation/v/another-simulation-giving-evidence-that-n-1-gives-us-an-unbiased-estimate-of-variance?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=Desc&utm_campaign=ProbabilityandStatistics Missed the previous lesson? https://www.khanacademy.org/math/probability/descriptive-statistics/variance_std_deviation/v/review-and-intuition-why-we-divide-by-n-1-for-the-unbiased-sample-variance?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=Desc&utm_campaign=ProbabilityandStatistics Probability and statistics on Khan Academy: We dare you to go through a day in which you never consider or use probability. Did you check the weather forecast? Busted! Did you decide to go through the drive through lane vs walk in

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