Statistics · dispersion

Population Variance Formula

Measures population spread around the population mean.

σ² = Σ(xᵢ − μ)² / N

Variables

σ²
population variance
xᵢ
population values
μ
population mean
N
population size

Reference details

Subject
Statistics
Topic
dispersion
Plain text
sigma^2 = sum(x_i-mu)^2/N

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