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(1971). A Simple Approximation for Unbiased Estimation of the Standard Deviation. The American Statistician: Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 30-32.
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John Gurland,
Ram C. Tripathi
(1971).
A Simple Approximation for Unbiased Estimation of the Standard Deviation.
The American Statistician
, 25
(4)
, 30-32.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00031305.1971.10477279
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- 10.1080/00031305.1971.10477279