>Andrew Morse [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote
>Three questions, in increasing order of generality...
>
> 1. Does a general method exist for calculating the expected
>standard deviation of N samples taken from an arbitrary, known
>probability distribution?
>
It isn't clear what you mean. Do you mean: "Given a random sample of size N
(i.e. N independent random variables with the same distribution), what is the
expected value (or expectation) of the sample srandard deviation, S (say)"?
> 2. Does a general method exist for calculating the expected
>distribution of standard deviations of repeated trials of N samples
>taken from an arbitrary, known probability distribution?
>
Similar comment as above. Do you mean, what's the distribution of S from
repeated samples of size N?
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