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Q151Section III (Statistics)151 of 190

Sn2S_n^2 is unbiased for σ2\sigma^2, but SnS_n is biased for σ\sigma

Suppose {X1,X2,…,Xn}\{X_1,X_2,\dots,X_n\} are independent and identically distributed random variables with mean μ\mu and variance σ2\sigma^2. Suppose Sn2=1n−1∑i=1n(Xi−Xˉn)2S_n^2=\frac1{n-1}\sum_{i=1}^n(X_i-\bar X_n)^2. Then which of the following statements is not true?

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