Distributions, sampling, and variance (step 5/7) · ml math and statistics that actually show up

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This variance function forgets to square the distances, so the positive and negative distances cancel and it always returns about 0. Fix line 4 so it squares each distance. It should print 5.0.

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This variance function forgets to square the distances, so the positive and negative distances cancel and it always returns about 0. Fix line 4 so it squares each distance. It should print 5.0.

The break is on line 4 — but read the whole snippet first.

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Distributions, sampling, and variance — step 5 of 7