Skip to main content
Search type Search syntax
Tags [tag]
Exact "words here"
Author user:1234
user:me (yours)
Score score:3 (3+)
score:0 (none)
Answers answers:3 (3+)
answers:0 (none)
isaccepted:yes
hasaccepted:no
inquestion:1234
Views views:250
Code code:"if (foo != bar)"
Sections title:apples
body:"apples oranges"
URL url:"*.example.com"
Saves in:saves
Status closed:yes
duplicate:no
migrated:no
wiki:no
Types is:question
is:answer
Exclude -[tag]
-apples
For more details on advanced search visit our help page
Results tagged with
Search options not deleted user 73691

The expected value of a random variable; or a location measure for a sample.

1 vote
1 answer
3k views

Is this a valid way to calculate an SD of a pooled sample (NOT a pooled SD)?

Obviously you can calculate a pooled SD (NOT what I want) it in R with something like this: n <- c(35,40) mean <- c(22.3,28.0) sd <- c(3.2, 4.9) df <- data.frame(n,mean,sd) sqrt( sum(df$sd^2 * (df$n … ))) + } > mean(result) [1] 5.06259 I iterated 10000 times to get a good average. …
James's user avatar
  • 473