Elementary Statistics: A Step By Step Approach
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259755330
Author: Allan G. Bluman
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 3.2, Problem 5E
Why is the unbiased estimator of variance used?
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Elementary Statistics: A Step By Step Approach
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