From p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk  Fri May 19 10:19:16 2000
From: p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk (Peter Dalgaard BSA)
Date: 19 May 2000 11:19:16 +0200
Subject: [Rd] variance of a scalar (PR#546)
In-Reply-To: Prof Brian Ripley's message of "Fri, 19 May 2000 10:04:09 +0100 (BST)"
References: <200005190904.KAA22592@toucan.stats.ox.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <x2hfbulwx7.fsf@blueberry.kubism.ku.dk>

Prof Brian Ripley <ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk> writes:

> Um. What professional statistics package uses n, then?  Are you
> suggesting that there is serious room for doubt?

SAS does, actually. Option VARDEF can be N or DF in PROC MEANS (and/or
PROC UNIVARIATE). [And pardon the shouting, SAS just looks that way..]

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[Rd] variance of a scalar (PR#546)
Peter Dalgaard BSA