The mean and variance of a finite population {a 1 , . . ., a N }

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The mean and variance of a finite population {a1, . . ., aN} are defined by

For a finite population, show that the sample variance S2 is a biased estimator of σ2.

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Mathematical Statistics With Applications In R

ISBN: 9780124171138

2nd Edition

Authors: Chris P. Tsokos, K.M. Ramachandran

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