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Another definition of the variance of a variable X is...
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Another definition of the variance of a variable X is:

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s sup 2 = {sum from 0 to N ({X sub i} - {X highbar}) sup 2} over N
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This is the arithmetic mean of the squared deviations from the mean.

Some books choose to introduce it this way,
and correct it by multiplying by N(N-1) in some situations.