Hi all, What is the formula for the correction factor for a weighted variance? Example: using StatsBase v = [1,2,3] p = [.3,.5,.2] std(v, ProbabilityWeights(p); corrected=true) Thanks!

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What is the correction factor for weighted variance

stevengj October 31, 2023, 1:16pm 2

I think that refers to Bessel’s correction.

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