Examples
Basic Examples (3) 
Compute the population variance of a list:
Compute the population variance of a different list:
Compute the population variance of another list:
Compare with the known expression for population variance as the average square difference to the mean:
Scope (1) 
PopulationVariance works on both numeric and symbolic input:
Properties and Relations (2) 
The population variance of a data set differs from its sample variance calculated with Variance due to Bessel's correction:
The fractional effect of this correction tends to be smaller for larger sample sizes:
PopulationVariance[…] is equivalent to ResourceFunction["PopulationStandardDeviation"][…]2:
Publisher
Wolfram|Alpha Math Team
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Version History
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4.0.0
– 23 March 2023
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3.1.0
– 11 May 2021
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3.0.0
– 24 January 2020
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2.0.0
– 06 September 2019
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1.0.0
– 05 August 2019
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