Talk:Bias of Sample Variance

Suggest replacing $\hat {\sigma^2}$ with $S_{n}^{2}$ to emphasize it is the formula for sample variance (which is a biased estimator of the population variance), rather than the unbiased estimator of the population variance which is usually denoted $\hat {\sigma^2}$ -- for example $\hat {\sigma^2}$ represents the unbiased estimator for population variance on Bessel's Correction, rather than the biased estimator formula for sample variance that is cited on this page.

Will do that now. Caliburn (talk) 09:29, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

Changed it to ${S_n}^2$ because it's better. --prime mover (talk) 12:20, 12 October 2023 (UTC)