Explain why the sample variance formula is [sum_{i=1}^{N} frac{left(y_{i}-bar{y} ight)^{2}}{N-1}] instead of [sum_{i=1}^{N} frac{left(y_{i}-bar{y} ight)^{2}}{N}]

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Explain why the sample variance formula is

\[\sum_{i=1}^{N} \frac{\left(y_{i}-\bar{y}\right)^{2}}{N-1}\]

instead of

\[\sum_{i=1}^{N} \frac{\left(y_{i}-\bar{y}\right)^{2}}{N}\]

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