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Population vs. Sample Variance and Standard Deviation

Topics: Portfolio Management > Statistics      

Variance and standard deviation definition and calculation Variance and standard deviation are widely used measures of dispersion of data or, in finance and investing, measures of volatility of asset prices. Variance is defined and calculated as the average squared deviation from the mean. Standard deviation is calculated as the square root of variance or in … Read more