(where <math>\bar X = {\sum_n X_n \over N}</math> is the [[sample mean]]).
(where <math>\bar X = {\sum_n X_n \over N}</math> is the [[sample mean]]).
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which is the formula for a [[point estimate]] of the true standard deviation from a sample size of ''n''. As such this estimator itself has a variance which, as the formula indicates, decreases as the sample size increases.
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which is the formula for a [[point estimate]] of the true standard deviation from a sample size of ''n''. As such this [[statistical estimator]] itself has a variance which, as the formula indicates, decreases as the sample size increases.