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Why We Divide by N-1 in the Sample Variance (The Bessel's Correction)

DataMListic 13,106 2 years ago
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In this video we discuss why and when we divide by n-1 instead of n in the sample variance and the sample standard deviation formula, known in the statistics literature as the Bessel's correction. This method corrects the bias in the estimation of the population variance. but only partially corrects the bias in the estimation of the population standard deviation (and that's why I didn't include the standard deviation in this video). *References* ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Expected value of sample variance proof: https://proofwiki.org/wiki/Bias_of_Sample_Variance *Related Videos* ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Why neural networks are universal functions approximators: https://youtu.be/O45AaRPQhuI Bagging vs Boosting: https://youtu.be/tjy0yL1rRRU Why we need activations in neural nets: https://youtu.be/rj6K46u0J5w Bias variance Trade-off: https://youtu.be/5mbX6ITznHk Neural networks on tabular data: https://youtu.be/e62CBva4TYc *Contents* ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 - Intro 00:19 - Population vs Sample Statistics 01:22 - Population vs Sample Biased Variance Example 02:13 - Expected Value of the Biased Variance 03:34 - Bias Source Intuition 04:38 - Degrees of Freedom 05:55 - Outro *Follow Me* ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 🐦 Twitter: @datamlistic https://twitter.com/datamlistic 📸 Instagram: @datamlistic https://www.instagram.com/datamlistic 📱 TikTok: @datamlistic https://www.tiktok.com/@datamlistic *Channel Support* ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ The best way to support the channel is to share the content. ;) If you'd like to also support the channel financially, donating the price of a coffee is always warmly welcomed! (completely optional and voluntary) ► Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/datamlistic ► Bitcoin (BTC): 3C6Pkzyb5CjAUYrJxmpCaaNPVRgRVxxyTq ► Ethereum (ETH): 0x9Ac4eB94386C3e02b96599C05B7a8C71773c9281 ► Cardano (ADA): addr1v95rfxlslfzkvd8sr3exkh7st4qmgj4ywf5zcaxgqgdyunsj5juw5 ► Tether (USDT): 0xeC261d9b2EE4B6997a6a424067af165BAA4afE1a #variance #standarddeviation #bias #statistics

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