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S3 Edexcel Query

Hey,

So in the Edexcel S3 book, chapter 3 examples 8 and 10, they're using this formula to calculate the estimated variance: (uploaded)

Why is the denominator (n-1) instead of n as usual? Am I missing something completely obvious?

Any help will be much appreciated thanks!
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Original post by Nikhilm
Hey,

So in the Edexcel S3 book, chapter 3 examples 8 and 10, they're using this formula to calculate the estimated variance: (uploaded)

Why is the denominator (n-1) instead of n as usual? Am I missing something completely obvious?

Any help will be much appreciated thanks!


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