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Consistency of sample variance
[edit]The article currently states: "If the conditions of the law of large numbers hold for the squared observations, s^2 is a consistent estimator of σ^2. One can see indeed that the variance of the estimator tends asymptotically to zero. An asymptotically equivalent formula was given in Kenney and Keeping (1951:164), Rose and Smith (2002:264), and Weisstein (n.d.).[15][16][17]"
I'm not certain this is completely accurate. As long as the population variance exists, then the sample variance should be a consistent estimator of it. The statement about the law of large numbers here seems to be confusing or misleading. If I am misunderstanding something, then the text should be edited to clarify what is meant. Which law of large numbers? Kenny and Keeping reference link is broken too. Jraudhi (talk) 21:16, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
Notation: several (possible) issues
[edit]With respect to the section "Matrix notation for the variance of a linear combination":
- a central dot appears, presumably for the dot product of two vector: why not stick to the transpose notation used before in the same section?
- a primed 1 appears: what does it mean?
Further, throughout approximately the first half of the article, I observe a rather consistent use of:
- square brackets around the argument of the expectation operator;
- round parentheses around the argument of the variance operator.
That changes approximately halfway the article. Is there a good reason for this that I fail to know of? Or can I change the notation according to my observations for the the first half of the article?Redav (talk) 13:56, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Minus symbol missing?
[edit]On Windows Firefox everything looks good.
But on Windows Google Chrome: I just noticed, that there is a miunus missing in third line of the formulas to "The expression for the variance can be expanded as follows:". The minus symbol shows up in the source text, but somehow I don't see it when viewing the website. 212.201.73.246 (talk) 17:43, 26 January 2021 (UTC)b
"Definition" section, picture
[edit]The picture in this section, its part 4., shows width: n, hight: 2. The hight shown should be: σ^2 ("sigma squared"). (The larger-sized picture shows n x σ^2 - correctly.) --Szozdakosvi (talk) 16:51, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
- I second this, the image should be updated so it shows sigma^2 correctly as the height of that rectangle representing the variance. It's currently misleading 128.172.99.27 (talk) 20:02, 27 March 2024 (UTC)