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98.34 The definition of the sample variance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 August 2015

David L. Farnsworth
Affiliation:
School of Mathematical Sciences, 84 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623 USA e-mail: DLFFMS@rit.edu
Michael E. Long
Affiliation:
Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, 84 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY 14623 USA e-mail MELSCH@rit.edu

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