[R] population variance and sample variance

[Kingsford Jones]

> sum((x-mean(x))^2)/(n)
[1] 0.4894708
> ((n-1)/n) * var(x)
[1] 0.4894708


hth,
Kingsford

On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Peng Yu <pengyu.ut at gmail.com> wrote:
> It seems that var() computes sample variance. It is straight forward
> to compute population variance from sample variance. However, I feel
> that it is still convenient to have a function that can compute
> population variance. Is there a population variance function available
> in R?
>
> $ Rscript var.R
>> set.seed(0)
>> n = 4
>> x = rnorm(n)
>> var(x)
> [1] 0.6526278
>> sum((x-mean(x))^2)/(n-1)
> [1] 0.6526278
>>
>
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