When calculating the sample variance of a random sample, you divide the sum of the squared deviations (from the sample mean) by N - 1 instead of N to ensure the estimator achieves what property?

A. Unbiasedness
B. Minimum variance
C. Squared loss
D. Efficiency


Answer: A

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