When could we use n rather than (n-1) in the denominator for sample variance? Why?

What will be an ideal response?


Main points:

When the scores are treated as the population.
When ? is known and used in the formula for variance.
When ? is known and used in the formula for variance no correction is necessary. The sum-of-squares will not be an underestimate (on average).

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