sample.var: Sample Variance

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Examples

View source: R/samplevar.R

Description

sample.var computes the sample variance of a sample x.

Usage

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Arguments

x

a numeric vector containing the sample.

Details

Given \{x_1,…,x_n\} a sample of a random variable, the sample variance can be computed as S^2=\frac{1}{n}∑_{i=1}^n (x_i-\bar{x})^2.

Value

A single numerical value corresponding with the sample variance.

Examples

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x=rnorm(20)
sample.var(x)

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