Hi! Let us define random variable: > x = seq(0,1,length=100)
If we calculate variance following definition E[(x-E(x))^2] we get: > mean( (x - mean(x))^2 ) # == mean(x^2) - mean(x)^2 0.08501684 And if we use internal R function var: > var(x) 0.08587559 Can anyone tells me why the difference? ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
