This is a follow-up question on that one:
Could Bessel's correction make sample variance estimation even more biased?
I understand that you need Bessel's correction to get an unbiased estimate of variance in case you sample with replacement. Now in practice most sampling is done without replacement (e.g. asking voters about their preferences or studying the effects of new drugs).
My questions are:
- What is the unbiased estimator for variance in cases of samples without replacement?
- Choosing only between the classical estimators for population variance and sample variance wouldn't it be better in most cases to take the population variance for samples because it is less biased than sample variance in cases of samples without replacement?