# Sample mean and sample variance [closed]

The sample mean is $\bar X = \frac{1}{n}\sum_{i=1}^n X_i$ and the sample variance is $S^2 = \frac{1}{n-1} \sum_{i=1}^n (X_i - \bar X)^2$

Can someone please explain how the sample mean and sample variance are independent?

## closed as unclear what you're asking by Silverfish, John, kjetil b halvorsen, Nick Cox, Xi'anMay 1 '16 at 11:46

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• Is this a question from a course or textbook? If so, please add the [self-study] tag & read its wiki. – gung Apr 30 '16 at 23:27
• Are you sure you're not missing an assumption? Under the appropriate additional assumption(s), a few seconds with Google will reveal many proofs on the internet, including on this site. – Mark L. Stone Apr 30 '16 at 23:28
• Please follow @gung's advice and let us know whether this is a self-study question. It's somewhat unclear what you are asking at the moment - are you asking what conditions are needed for the sample mean and variance to be independent, or are you asking for a proof that they are independent, but did not realise this required additional assumptions to hold? – Silverfish Apr 30 '16 at 23:57
• And no -- that is not the sample mean. – StatsStudent May 1 '16 at 0:15
• @Analyst1 I made a typo adding the Latex - it was actually correct in the original picture. Fixed now. – Silverfish May 1 '16 at 0:35