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A Simple Approximation for Unbiased Estimation of the Standard Deviation

Gurland, John, Tripathi, Ram C.·1971·The American Statistician

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(1971). A Simple Approximation for Unbiased Estimation of the Standard Deviation. The American Statistician: Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 30-32.

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Crossref · 10.1080/00031305.1971.10477279

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  • CVs are biased downward by about 25% with a sample size of only two, but we did not apply this correction because the technical components of CVs are overestimated by biological sources of asymmetry.

    “Like standard deviations, CVs are biased downward by about 25% with a sample size of only two93, but we did not apply this correction because the technical components of CVs are overestimated by biological sources of asymmetry.”

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Authors
Gurland, J., & Tripathi, R. C.
Affiliations
University of Wisconsin System (US)
Venue
The American Statistician
Published
1971-10
Volume
25
Issue
4
Pages
30-32
ISSN
  • 0003-1305 (ISSN-L)
  • 1537-2731
OpenAlex
W2089905169
Cited by
117
References
13
Citations by year
2026: 7 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 7
FWCI
3.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
The American Statistician (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Probability and Statistical Research
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques
Keywords
standard deviation, unbiased estimation, bias correction, sample variance, approximate formulas

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