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I cannot make sense of the "compensated" algorithm. It does not appear to be using ordinary Kahan summation.

[[User:Bkalafut|Bkalafut]] ([[User talk:Bkalafut|talk]]) 01:19, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

== Hey ==

Actually I just wanted to ask that on the page :Algorithms for calculating variance is the pseudocode that is given for calculating variance correct?

variance = E(X**2) - (E(X))**2

[[Computational formula for the variance]]

Should'nt it be mean*mean as opposed to Sum * mean?

Thanks...

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