[Numpy-discussion] non-standard standard deviation

[Sturla Molden]

Colin J. Williams skrev:
> When one has a smallish sample size, what give the best estimate of the 
> variance? 
What do you mean by "best estimate"?

Unbiased? Smallest standard error?


> In the widely used Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), the degrees of freedom 
> are reduced for each mean estimated, 
That is for statistical tests, not to compute estimators.