DiscoverSocial Research Methods#16 Estimating Mean and Standard Deviation of Population
#16 Estimating Mean and Standard Deviation of Population

#16 Estimating Mean and Standard Deviation of Population

Update: 2020-12-01
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Statistics is about estimation
While we know the mean and standard deviation of our sample we don’t know the real ones. That’s why we estimate. There is a reason, why using n-1 instead of N when estimating standard deviation of the population based on a sample.

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#16 Estimating Mean and Standard Deviation of Population

#16 Estimating Mean and Standard Deviation of Population

Armin Trost