Could you calculate the variance of data using the median or something other than the mean?












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Could we calculate the variance without using the mean as the 'base' point?






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    Given $mathbb{E}(X^2)<infty$, the variance is given by $sigma^2 = mathbb{E}((X-mathbb{E}(X))^2)$ by definition. The formular simplifies to $sigma^2 =mathbb{E}(X^2) - mathbb{E}(X)^2$. I.e., for the variance you need $mathbb{E}(X)$. Of course you could define your own dispersion measure using some other statistic...or use one from the answers.
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    Short answer: Lots of other ways to summarize variability (dispersion, spread, scale) but none of the others would be the variance. (In fact, the variance can be defined without reference to the mean.)
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    – Nick Cox
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    Yes: given data $X,$ compute the covariance of $(X,X)$ as described at stats.stackexchange.com/a/18200/919. This method never computes the mean.
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Could we calculate the variance without using the mean as the 'base' point?






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    Given $mathbb{E}(X^2)<infty$, the variance is given by $sigma^2 = mathbb{E}((X-mathbb{E}(X))^2)$ by definition. The formular simplifies to $sigma^2 =mathbb{E}(X^2) - mathbb{E}(X)^2$. I.e., for the variance you need $mathbb{E}(X)$. Of course you could define your own dispersion measure using some other statistic...or use one from the answers.
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    Short answer: Lots of other ways to summarize variability (dispersion, spread, scale) but none of the others would be the variance. (In fact, the variance can be defined without reference to the mean.)
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    – Nick Cox
    17 hours ago






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    Yes: given data $X,$ compute the covariance of $(X,X)$ as described at stats.stackexchange.com/a/18200/919. This method never computes the mean.
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    Given $mathbb{E}(X^2)<infty$, the variance is given by $sigma^2 = mathbb{E}((X-mathbb{E}(X))^2)$ by definition. The formular simplifies to $sigma^2 =mathbb{E}(X^2) - mathbb{E}(X)^2$. I.e., for the variance you need $mathbb{E}(X)$. Of course you could define your own dispersion measure using some other statistic...or use one from the answers.
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    Short answer: Lots of other ways to summarize variability (dispersion, spread, scale) but none of the others would be the variance. (In fact, the variance can be defined without reference to the mean.)
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    – Nick Cox
    17 hours ago






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    Yes: given data $X,$ compute the covariance of $(X,X)$ as described at stats.stackexchange.com/a/18200/919. This method never computes the mean.
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    – whuber♦
    12 hours ago














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    Given $mathbb{E}(X^2)<infty$, the variance is given by $sigma^2 = mathbb{E}((X-mathbb{E}(X))^2)$ by definition. The formular simplifies to $sigma^2 =mathbb{E}(X^2) - mathbb{E}(X)^2$. I.e., for the variance you need $mathbb{E}(X)$. Of course you could define your own dispersion measure using some other statistic...or use one from the answers.
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    – BloXX
    18 hours ago








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    $begingroup$
    Short answer: Lots of other ways to summarize variability (dispersion, spread, scale) but none of the others would be the variance. (In fact, the variance can be defined without reference to the mean.)
    $endgroup$
    – Nick Cox
    17 hours ago






  • 3




    $begingroup$
    Yes: given data $X,$ compute the covariance of $(X,X)$ as described at stats.stackexchange.com/a/18200/919. This method never computes the mean.
    $endgroup$
    – whuber♦
    12 hours ago








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Given $mathbb{E}(X^2)<infty$, the variance is given by $sigma^2 = mathbb{E}((X-mathbb{E}(X))^2)$ by definition. The formular simplifies to $sigma^2 =mathbb{E}(X^2) - mathbb{E}(X)^2$. I.e., for the variance you need $mathbb{E}(X)$. Of course you could define your own dispersion measure using some other statistic...or use one from the answers.
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– BloXX
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$begingroup$
Given $mathbb{E}(X^2)<infty$, the variance is given by $sigma^2 = mathbb{E}((X-mathbb{E}(X))^2)$ by definition. The formular simplifies to $sigma^2 =mathbb{E}(X^2) - mathbb{E}(X)^2$. I.e., for the variance you need $mathbb{E}(X)$. Of course you could define your own dispersion measure using some other statistic...or use one from the answers.
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– BloXX
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Short answer: Lots of other ways to summarize variability (dispersion, spread, scale) but none of the others would be the variance. (In fact, the variance can be defined without reference to the mean.)
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– Nick Cox
17 hours ago




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Short answer: Lots of other ways to summarize variability (dispersion, spread, scale) but none of the others would be the variance. (In fact, the variance can be defined without reference to the mean.)
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– Nick Cox
17 hours ago




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Yes: given data $X,$ compute the covariance of $(X,X)$ as described at stats.stackexchange.com/a/18200/919. This method never computes the mean.
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– whuber♦
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Yes: given data $X,$ compute the covariance of $(X,X)$ as described at stats.stackexchange.com/a/18200/919. This method never computes the mean.
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The median absolute deviation is defined as
$$text{MAD}(X) = text{median} |X-text{median}(X)|$$
and is considered an alternative to the standard deviation. But this is not the variance. In particular, it always exists, whether or not $X$ allows for moments. For instance, the MAD of a standard Cauchy is equal to one since
$$underbrace{Bbb P(|X-0|<1)}_text{0 is the median}=arctan(1)/pi-arctan(-1)/pi=frac{1}{2}$$






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    Newcomers to this idea should watch out also for mean absolute deviation from the mean (mean deviation, often) and median absolute deviation from the mean. I don't recall mean absolute deviation from the median, but am open to examples. The abbreviation MAD, unfortunately, has been applied variously, so trust people's code first, then their algebraic or verbal definition, but use of an abbreviation MAD only not at all. In symmetric distributions, and some others, MAD as defined here is half the interquartile range. (Punning on MAD I resist as a little too obvious.)
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    Also, note that software implementations of the median absolute deviation function can scale the MAD value by a constant factor from the form presented in this answer, so that its value coincides with the standard deviation for a normal distribution.
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    @EdM Excellent point. Personally I dislike that practice unless people use some different term. It's no longer the MAD!
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    – Nick Cox
    17 hours ago






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    @NickCox: the appeal of centring on the median is that the quantity always exists, whether or not the distribution enjoys a mean. This is the definition found in Wikipedia.
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I summarize the answers:




  1. You can use that the variance is $overline{x^2} - overline {x}^2$, which takes only one pass (computing the mean and the mean of the squares simultaneously), but can be more prone to roundoff error if the variance is small compared with the mean.




  1. How about sum of squared pairwise differences ? Indeed, you can check by direct computation that


$$
2v_X = frac{1}{n(n-1)}sum_{1 le i < j le n}(x_i - x_j)^2.
$$





  1. The sample variance without mean is calculated as:
    $$ v_{X}=frac{1}{n-1}left [ sum_{i=1}^{n}x_{i}^{2}-frac{1}{n}left ( sum_{i=1}^{n}x_{i} right ) ^{2}right ] $$






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    The median absolute deviation is defined as
    $$text{MAD}(X) = text{median} |X-text{median}(X)|$$
    and is considered an alternative to the standard deviation. But this is not the variance. In particular, it always exists, whether or not $X$ allows for moments. For instance, the MAD of a standard Cauchy is equal to one since
    $$underbrace{Bbb P(|X-0|<1)}_text{0 is the median}=arctan(1)/pi-arctan(-1)/pi=frac{1}{2}$$






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      Newcomers to this idea should watch out also for mean absolute deviation from the mean (mean deviation, often) and median absolute deviation from the mean. I don't recall mean absolute deviation from the median, but am open to examples. The abbreviation MAD, unfortunately, has been applied variously, so trust people's code first, then their algebraic or verbal definition, but use of an abbreviation MAD only not at all. In symmetric distributions, and some others, MAD as defined here is half the interquartile range. (Punning on MAD I resist as a little too obvious.)
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      Also, note that software implementations of the median absolute deviation function can scale the MAD value by a constant factor from the form presented in this answer, so that its value coincides with the standard deviation for a normal distribution.
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      @EdM Excellent point. Personally I dislike that practice unless people use some different term. It's no longer the MAD!
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      – Nick Cox
      17 hours ago






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      @NickCox: the appeal of centring on the median is that the quantity always exists, whether or not the distribution enjoys a mean. This is the definition found in Wikipedia.
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      – Xi'an
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      MAD is Mutually Assured Destruction
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      – kjetil b halvorsen
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    The median absolute deviation is defined as
    $$text{MAD}(X) = text{median} |X-text{median}(X)|$$
    and is considered an alternative to the standard deviation. But this is not the variance. In particular, it always exists, whether or not $X$ allows for moments. For instance, the MAD of a standard Cauchy is equal to one since
    $$underbrace{Bbb P(|X-0|<1)}_text{0 is the median}=arctan(1)/pi-arctan(-1)/pi=frac{1}{2}$$






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      Newcomers to this idea should watch out also for mean absolute deviation from the mean (mean deviation, often) and median absolute deviation from the mean. I don't recall mean absolute deviation from the median, but am open to examples. The abbreviation MAD, unfortunately, has been applied variously, so trust people's code first, then their algebraic or verbal definition, but use of an abbreviation MAD only not at all. In symmetric distributions, and some others, MAD as defined here is half the interquartile range. (Punning on MAD I resist as a little too obvious.)
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      – Nick Cox
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      Also, note that software implementations of the median absolute deviation function can scale the MAD value by a constant factor from the form presented in this answer, so that its value coincides with the standard deviation for a normal distribution.
      $endgroup$
      – EdM
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      @EdM Excellent point. Personally I dislike that practice unless people use some different term. It's no longer the MAD!
      $endgroup$
      – Nick Cox
      17 hours ago






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      @NickCox: the appeal of centring on the median is that the quantity always exists, whether or not the distribution enjoys a mean. This is the definition found in Wikipedia.
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      – Xi'an
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      MAD is Mutually Assured Destruction
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      – kjetil b halvorsen
      15 hours ago














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    The median absolute deviation is defined as
    $$text{MAD}(X) = text{median} |X-text{median}(X)|$$
    and is considered an alternative to the standard deviation. But this is not the variance. In particular, it always exists, whether or not $X$ allows for moments. For instance, the MAD of a standard Cauchy is equal to one since
    $$underbrace{Bbb P(|X-0|<1)}_text{0 is the median}=arctan(1)/pi-arctan(-1)/pi=frac{1}{2}$$






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    The median absolute deviation is defined as
    $$text{MAD}(X) = text{median} |X-text{median}(X)|$$
    and is considered an alternative to the standard deviation. But this is not the variance. In particular, it always exists, whether or not $X$ allows for moments. For instance, the MAD of a standard Cauchy is equal to one since
    $$underbrace{Bbb P(|X-0|<1)}_text{0 is the median}=arctan(1)/pi-arctan(-1)/pi=frac{1}{2}$$







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      $begingroup$
      Newcomers to this idea should watch out also for mean absolute deviation from the mean (mean deviation, often) and median absolute deviation from the mean. I don't recall mean absolute deviation from the median, but am open to examples. The abbreviation MAD, unfortunately, has been applied variously, so trust people's code first, then their algebraic or verbal definition, but use of an abbreviation MAD only not at all. In symmetric distributions, and some others, MAD as defined here is half the interquartile range. (Punning on MAD I resist as a little too obvious.)
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      – Nick Cox
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      $begingroup$
      Also, note that software implementations of the median absolute deviation function can scale the MAD value by a constant factor from the form presented in this answer, so that its value coincides with the standard deviation for a normal distribution.
      $endgroup$
      – EdM
      17 hours ago










    • $begingroup$
      @EdM Excellent point. Personally I dislike that practice unless people use some different term. It's no longer the MAD!
      $endgroup$
      – Nick Cox
      17 hours ago






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      @NickCox: the appeal of centring on the median is that the quantity always exists, whether or not the distribution enjoys a mean. This is the definition found in Wikipedia.
      $endgroup$
      – Xi'an
      16 hours ago










    • $begingroup$
      MAD is Mutually Assured Destruction
      $endgroup$
      – kjetil b halvorsen
      15 hours ago














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      $begingroup$
      Newcomers to this idea should watch out also for mean absolute deviation from the mean (mean deviation, often) and median absolute deviation from the mean. I don't recall mean absolute deviation from the median, but am open to examples. The abbreviation MAD, unfortunately, has been applied variously, so trust people's code first, then their algebraic or verbal definition, but use of an abbreviation MAD only not at all. In symmetric distributions, and some others, MAD as defined here is half the interquartile range. (Punning on MAD I resist as a little too obvious.)
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      – Nick Cox
      17 hours ago








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      $begingroup$
      Also, note that software implementations of the median absolute deviation function can scale the MAD value by a constant factor from the form presented in this answer, so that its value coincides with the standard deviation for a normal distribution.
      $endgroup$
      – EdM
      17 hours ago










    • $begingroup$
      @EdM Excellent point. Personally I dislike that practice unless people use some different term. It's no longer the MAD!
      $endgroup$
      – Nick Cox
      17 hours ago






    • 1




      $begingroup$
      @NickCox: the appeal of centring on the median is that the quantity always exists, whether or not the distribution enjoys a mean. This is the definition found in Wikipedia.
      $endgroup$
      – Xi'an
      16 hours ago










    • $begingroup$
      MAD is Mutually Assured Destruction
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      – kjetil b halvorsen
      15 hours ago








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    $begingroup$
    Newcomers to this idea should watch out also for mean absolute deviation from the mean (mean deviation, often) and median absolute deviation from the mean. I don't recall mean absolute deviation from the median, but am open to examples. The abbreviation MAD, unfortunately, has been applied variously, so trust people's code first, then their algebraic or verbal definition, but use of an abbreviation MAD only not at all. In symmetric distributions, and some others, MAD as defined here is half the interquartile range. (Punning on MAD I resist as a little too obvious.)
    $endgroup$
    – Nick Cox
    17 hours ago






    $begingroup$
    Newcomers to this idea should watch out also for mean absolute deviation from the mean (mean deviation, often) and median absolute deviation from the mean. I don't recall mean absolute deviation from the median, but am open to examples. The abbreviation MAD, unfortunately, has been applied variously, so trust people's code first, then their algebraic or verbal definition, but use of an abbreviation MAD only not at all. In symmetric distributions, and some others, MAD as defined here is half the interquartile range. (Punning on MAD I resist as a little too obvious.)
    $endgroup$
    – Nick Cox
    17 hours ago






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    $begingroup$
    Also, note that software implementations of the median absolute deviation function can scale the MAD value by a constant factor from the form presented in this answer, so that its value coincides with the standard deviation for a normal distribution.
    $endgroup$
    – EdM
    17 hours ago




    $begingroup$
    Also, note that software implementations of the median absolute deviation function can scale the MAD value by a constant factor from the form presented in this answer, so that its value coincides with the standard deviation for a normal distribution.
    $endgroup$
    – EdM
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    @EdM Excellent point. Personally I dislike that practice unless people use some different term. It's no longer the MAD!
    $endgroup$
    – Nick Cox
    17 hours ago




    $begingroup$
    @EdM Excellent point. Personally I dislike that practice unless people use some different term. It's no longer the MAD!
    $endgroup$
    – Nick Cox
    17 hours ago




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    @NickCox: the appeal of centring on the median is that the quantity always exists, whether or not the distribution enjoys a mean. This is the definition found in Wikipedia.
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    – Xi'an
    16 hours ago




    $begingroup$
    @NickCox: the appeal of centring on the median is that the quantity always exists, whether or not the distribution enjoys a mean. This is the definition found in Wikipedia.
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    – Xi'an
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    MAD is Mutually Assured Destruction
    $endgroup$
    – kjetil b halvorsen
    15 hours ago




    $begingroup$
    MAD is Mutually Assured Destruction
    $endgroup$
    – kjetil b halvorsen
    15 hours ago













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    There is already a solution for this question on Math.stackexchange:



    I summarize the answers:




    1. You can use that the variance is $overline{x^2} - overline {x}^2$, which takes only one pass (computing the mean and the mean of the squares simultaneously), but can be more prone to roundoff error if the variance is small compared with the mean.




    1. How about sum of squared pairwise differences ? Indeed, you can check by direct computation that


    $$
    2v_X = frac{1}{n(n-1)}sum_{1 le i < j le n}(x_i - x_j)^2.
    $$





    1. The sample variance without mean is calculated as:
      $$ v_{X}=frac{1}{n-1}left [ sum_{i=1}^{n}x_{i}^{2}-frac{1}{n}left ( sum_{i=1}^{n}x_{i} right ) ^{2}right ] $$






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      $begingroup$

      There is already a solution for this question on Math.stackexchange:



      I summarize the answers:




      1. You can use that the variance is $overline{x^2} - overline {x}^2$, which takes only one pass (computing the mean and the mean of the squares simultaneously), but can be more prone to roundoff error if the variance is small compared with the mean.




      1. How about sum of squared pairwise differences ? Indeed, you can check by direct computation that


      $$
      2v_X = frac{1}{n(n-1)}sum_{1 le i < j le n}(x_i - x_j)^2.
      $$





      1. The sample variance without mean is calculated as:
        $$ v_{X}=frac{1}{n-1}left [ sum_{i=1}^{n}x_{i}^{2}-frac{1}{n}left ( sum_{i=1}^{n}x_{i} right ) ^{2}right ] $$






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        $begingroup$

        There is already a solution for this question on Math.stackexchange:



        I summarize the answers:




        1. You can use that the variance is $overline{x^2} - overline {x}^2$, which takes only one pass (computing the mean and the mean of the squares simultaneously), but can be more prone to roundoff error if the variance is small compared with the mean.




        1. How about sum of squared pairwise differences ? Indeed, you can check by direct computation that


        $$
        2v_X = frac{1}{n(n-1)}sum_{1 le i < j le n}(x_i - x_j)^2.
        $$





        1. The sample variance without mean is calculated as:
          $$ v_{X}=frac{1}{n-1}left [ sum_{i=1}^{n}x_{i}^{2}-frac{1}{n}left ( sum_{i=1}^{n}x_{i} right ) ^{2}right ] $$






        share|cite|improve this answer











        $endgroup$



        There is already a solution for this question on Math.stackexchange:



        I summarize the answers:




        1. You can use that the variance is $overline{x^2} - overline {x}^2$, which takes only one pass (computing the mean and the mean of the squares simultaneously), but can be more prone to roundoff error if the variance is small compared with the mean.




        1. How about sum of squared pairwise differences ? Indeed, you can check by direct computation that


        $$
        2v_X = frac{1}{n(n-1)}sum_{1 le i < j le n}(x_i - x_j)^2.
        $$





        1. The sample variance without mean is calculated as:
          $$ v_{X}=frac{1}{n-1}left [ sum_{i=1}^{n}x_{i}^{2}-frac{1}{n}left ( sum_{i=1}^{n}x_{i} right ) ^{2}right ] $$







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