[R] Sample covariance matrix in R

[Doran, Harold]

Alex:

?cov

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> Hello everyone.
> I would like to find the sample covariance matrix using R.
> 
> So far I read on the wikipedia what a sample_covariance is
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sample_covariance
> 
> according to wikipedia one vector is enough to calculate the sample covariance
> matrix.
> In R I tried cov(myvector) and I get the reply that I need to pass either two
> argument or one matrix with x,y values .
> 
> How can I find the sample covariance matrix?
> 
> Best Regards
> Alex
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