What is Variance in Statistics? Learn the Variance Formula and Calculating Statistical Variance!

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  • @CJROYALFLUSH
    @CJROYALFLUSH 6 років тому +129

    Oh my god you are so clear! Your 17 min video is more useful than the last month of lectures for data analytics at the university... Keep up the good work! :)

  • @miketant3509
    @miketant3509 4 роки тому +4

    There should be an award for making a 17 minute math video feel like it was over before it started. This guy understands how to teach.

  • @chriscurley1478
    @chriscurley1478 10 років тому +38

    Looked at several tutorials; this by far is the most direct approach. Thank you.

  • @vladpuha
    @vladpuha 8 років тому +317

    I wish i had a teacher for statistics like this guy. (i had a stupid one hated stats) but had to work with them and learned them myself.. you rock! excellent presentation

    • @healer740
      @healer740 8 років тому +1

      Nova Cane ditto

    • @bennasserchafi304
      @bennasserchafi304 7 років тому +6

      i had the most stupid teacher you can even imagine in statistics.

    • @nureyna629
      @nureyna629 6 років тому +6

      The same to me. I wish he could be my teacher. It's my first time to understand variance in my entire life

    • @londekamngomezulu4071
      @londekamngomezulu4071 6 років тому +1

      Same here...

    • @shubhangiraskar2500
      @shubhangiraskar2500 5 років тому +1

      Yo bro.....same situation was there

  • @babatundefajemisin8221
    @babatundefajemisin8221 4 роки тому +14

    I love this tutor, this is the way to teach students, he makes it very basic and teaches it in an applied way. I wished I had known him earlier

  • @antaskaran
    @antaskaran 7 років тому +144

    You are VERY GOOD TEACHER.

  • @battmarn
    @battmarn 11 років тому +2

    I've been trying to understand what variance was actually for all year and you've explained it in 17 minutes. Thank you

  • @MrArturoDominguez
    @MrArturoDominguez 6 років тому +1

    This channel has been so helpful to me, at the age of 36 and jumping into the local University, i feel like i need as much help as possible and your the most helpful person online. thank you so much.

    • @kimberleeanderson5398
      @kimberleeanderson5398 3 роки тому

      Agreed, at 50 I jumped back into the University environment, and I wish all instructors had this guys skills at breaking down a problem and explaining it thoroughly. I often feel as if I am teaching myself, and have done so for the last 2 years. However, in the process I have learned even more.

  • @45nakash
    @45nakash 6 років тому +16

    Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
    5 statistics books, about ten videos, and a college course, and none explains what a variance actually is in such simple description

  • @wisdomtoknowthedifference
    @wisdomtoknowthedifference 4 роки тому

    I wish most professors are THIS elaborate! I needed classes where they explain why we use the formula, what it gets for us, and basically the significance of it all. Few of the professors I had in Stats were going straight for the formula, and they didn't really explain the whats, whys and hows. I wish he was my Stat teacher, maybe I have fallen in love with Stats from then on!

  • @hungppham5189
    @hungppham5189 11 років тому

    so much easier than what my professor taught us. i was completely clueless of how to figure out the difference between variance and the mean. thank you

  • @subprabhart771
    @subprabhart771 6 років тому +4

    Sometimes I just get frustrated on our education system for just running behind marks and not making the students understand any of the stuff .Hope one day my country will also have great teachers like you who makes the student know clearly what they are learning. Thanks a lot sir,huge love and respect from India.

  • @danishshaikh4979
    @danishshaikh4979 4 роки тому

    Almost all other stats videos never really explained the concepts but this guy teaches us in a way that it really gets sinked in deep in our minds. dam well done Sir.

  • @loraforster7163
    @loraforster7163 7 років тому

    My statistic course is completely online. Finding you tube is my lifeline. Its a complete statistics course in 5 weeks. This video is super helpful

  • @nicolebrown8613
    @nicolebrown8613 3 роки тому

    I thought I was innately bad at Math until I came across educators like yourself who really care about learning as opposed to getting through a curriculum. Thank you for this.

  • @Divyashaa577
    @Divyashaa577 5 років тому +11

    I can't express how much I love the way you teach. it's so interesting and easy to understand. thank you so much for your initiative. I am a student of mass communication, and for my PhD program I need to learn statistics, and it seemed so pathetic to me. your lessons made me feel like statistics is as interesting as journalism itself. thanks you is a small world. but I mean it.

  • @francisokech
    @francisokech 12 років тому

    Dear Jason, thank you so much for this fantastic series on Statistics. I will purchase every single volume you put out on statistics. Everyone out there should recognize that Statistics and Data is the new oil of the 21st Century!

  • @altromantaro
    @altromantaro 5 років тому +1

    Mister, you are a teacher everyone is wishing for. Thank you.

  • @algentry1
    @algentry1 Рік тому

    Amazing clarity. I learned this math in the early 1980s, studying for my Land Surveyor's license. I was sitting here trying to remember the math, and it occurred to me to look on UA-cam. Now I remember the unknown variables left for me in the field, by incompetent forbears, data points that were suspect just by virtue of who established them. I ended up co writing the license exam for a couple of years. I still have Hewlett-Packard RPN nightmares. So many people know how, but they don't know why. Thanks for being a great teacher. Maybe now I can penetrate my "great cloud of unknowing".

  • @fukgovernment
    @fukgovernment 11 років тому

    I am paying loads of money to university each year, and yet I got my stats enlightenment on your video. Thanks

  • @EvaSlash
    @EvaSlash 12 років тому

    I do not know what I would do without this guy.

  • @quantstyle6448
    @quantstyle6448 8 років тому +11

    I'm familiar with this concept, but this by far the clearest and best explanation I've encountered. Respect!

  • @AndrewAndy-h4w
    @AndrewAndy-h4w Рік тому +1

    You bring it out clearly that teaching is a talent , you have got to be my best teacher for statistics from today and onwards, thank you so very much 14:08

  • @stayfocused6374
    @stayfocused6374 2 роки тому

    This is the best explanation I have seen. Finally a teacher who understands that students need to feel the concept in their guts!

  • @fangzhang7434
    @fangzhang7434 6 років тому

    I really find this video very helpful because professor try to explain the concept from perspective of a know-nothing student instead of giving hard terms. Respect a lot!

  • @Pedro-vx1ns
    @Pedro-vx1ns 3 роки тому

    To "simply" do your work as it should be done, is already helping other people. And you do that beautifully, humbly and very effectively! God bless you for that! You are a truly master and professor! Thank you so very much!

  • @Nott_Fifi
    @Nott_Fifi 4 роки тому

    I watched so many statistics videos on UA-cam, I have to say, he is the best!!!

  • @frankmaghanga1924
    @frankmaghanga1924 3 роки тому +1

    The simplicity of your explanation makes this topic very understandable in one go!

  • @kimberleeanderson5398
    @kimberleeanderson5398 3 роки тому +1

    Finally! I now thoroughly understand variance, thank you! I wish all my professors would speak this clearly when teaching about complicated subjects.

  • @coleabrahams9331
    @coleabrahams9331 3 роки тому +3

    Absolutely incredible. You are a true legend, sir. Honestly, one of the best teachers out there and extremely patient in arriving at the answer with a logical and intuitive approach. Thanks so much

  • @MultiBallchinian
    @MultiBallchinian 4 роки тому

    This 17 minute lecture taught me more than several weeks of statistics at my university

  • @rachanawadhwani5944
    @rachanawadhwani5944 8 років тому

    I have learnt Statics in College and Other courses but now I have have actually got a clear understanding for it. the best explanation.

  • @xiaojinghong7444
    @xiaojinghong7444 6 років тому

    by far the best ever, online AND in reality. I am purchasing the rest of the courses right away. its priceless.

  • @animor7731
    @animor7731 4 роки тому +1

    I'm a psychology student and you are my hero! cause our teacher doesn't explain to us what the words like variance and SD we use are he says the spss will do all calculations. Well, I want to understand the logic behind at least.

  • @karanbajaj852
    @karanbajaj852 5 років тому

    This guy is very good teacher, he explains things in such detail it just sinks in..... Kudos, by-the-way i am a Financial Analyst and Investment Management student at the University of Toronto. Mr Math and Science guy thank you for your online material you doing a great job educating people of the planet .....

  • @piyushgurung9690
    @piyushgurung9690 Рік тому

    Just want to let you know, even after a decade your video is helping impart the knowledge and help people like me understand things better...

  • @KK-mo8tc
    @KK-mo8tc 4 роки тому

    Supreme quality of teaching. I wish all professor explain things as crystal clear as he does. Two thumbs up Sir!

    • @MathAndScience
      @MathAndScience  4 роки тому

      So happy you liked it!
      Jason, MathAndScience.com

  • @hy2536
    @hy2536 5 років тому

    Million thanks from who study German language but take statistics lecture too.
    I speak Korean and your explanation is so clear that even I can understand very well. Thanks again for the lessons.

  • @quetzalamaru
    @quetzalamaru 10 років тому +6

    You have to watch 2 or 3 times, to appreciate.
    Very detailed, thumbs up.

  • @jonathanbarrow3975
    @jonathanbarrow3975 4 роки тому

    EXCELLENT LESSON, FINALLY UNDERSTAND VARIANCE. WE NEED TEACHERS LIKE THIS IN K-12!

  • @bruceleeroy9532
    @bruceleeroy9532 2 роки тому

    This is BY FAR the best explanation I've heard yet. Thank you.

  • @mwansak9027
    @mwansak9027 4 роки тому

    I've had different statistics courses throughout my degree that I've kind of just been winging. For the first time, I actually understand this concept! You're an amazing teacher.

  • @hudamultimedia1980
    @hudamultimedia1980 5 років тому

    you are the only person who make me understand this topic. you born to be a lecturer. thank you.

  • @mahyar7126
    @mahyar7126 4 роки тому +3

    amazing description in everything, actually I am shocked by how this teacher consider himself as a simple student to not make explanations even a little bit complicated..thank you so much, teacher.

  • @gloriayaprawu1211
    @gloriayaprawu1211 6 років тому

    This man made me love statistic this trim in school. I couldn't have gotten a better explanation than this. thank you sir

  • @ahmedhossamramadan4346
    @ahmedhossamramadan4346 6 років тому

    Greatest teacher i'd seen ever

  • @knferrer7966
    @knferrer7966 5 років тому

    Sir, this was a very clear and pure way to understand variance. I am very grateful to realize this. I am studying econometrics and i could never really fundamentally wrap my head around what the variance truly meant. It's easy to calculate, but for me to intuitively understand what the variance is at its core and the importance of this for statistics... is because of you. thank you

  • @utsavparashar5104
    @utsavparashar5104 4 роки тому

    This teacher is a genius. He explained it so clearly that even in sleep I can explain what variance is. He directly persist his teachings in first brain.

  • @Divinesview-h7o
    @Divinesview-h7o 7 місяців тому +1

    Sir i can't tell you how much you have thought me , thank you

  • @vylam3997
    @vylam3997 10 років тому

    You make it look so easy. My stat teacher spent an hour explaining this concept yet I couldn't understand. Thank you so much.

  • @cpm4324
    @cpm4324 10 років тому

    This is an excellent video!!! None of the texts I have read have explained variance so well. One book did, in simple terms, explain that the reason that the "n - 1" is used as a denominator in the sample equation is that "the sample mean always underestimates the true variance in the population." There is actually a mathematically and statistically advanced reason for subtracting a simple one from the denominator, But "in the simplest terms remember that doing so helps raise the value of the outcome of the equation closer to the true variance of the population." (e.g. 20/5 = 4 however, 2/(5-1) =5)

  • @kshitijpandey7487
    @kshitijpandey7487 2 роки тому +2

    Very well explained...just have 2 questions
    1) If problem was only with the negative elements then we could have taken the absolute value. Why did we do square only?
    2) I would like to know the reason behind "n-1"?

  • @jules.634
    @jules.634 5 років тому

    Oh my god. This video has helped so much. I dislike my current Stats prof... he explains nothing as well as this guy. Thank you!! I wasted hours in stats class only to learn it here in a fraction of the time!!

  • @FreddiesLab
    @FreddiesLab 3 місяці тому

    This is the best video I've seen so far about this. Thank you sir.

  • @lucasaliko2889
    @lucasaliko2889 5 років тому

    Now i undestand
    Teaching is the tallent hence any body can be a teacher but not a good teacher
    I apreciate this is the good teacher

  • @HelneitCo
    @HelneitCo 10 років тому

    I thumbed up for this video because unlike in school, this guy has actually taught the reasoning behind variance.
    In school, we were literally just told to memorize the formula.
    Kudos

  • @AndrewAndy-h4w
    @AndrewAndy-h4w Рік тому

    You bring it out clearly that teaching is a talent , you have got to be my best teacher for statistics from today and onwards, thank you so very much

  • @Gojithefox
    @Gojithefox 4 роки тому

    So many places tell you HOW to calculate variance, but this was the first I found that explained WHY you need to do it and what it's used for.

  • @sandrasmj1
    @sandrasmj1 6 років тому

    We need more teachers with the same skills that you have!

  • @learnlearn8230
    @learnlearn8230 4 роки тому

    God bless you sir, you are an magnificent teacher. You do not really make us learn rather you make us understand the concepts from the ground level.Please accept my utmost regards.

  • @michelleb.1714
    @michelleb.1714 10 років тому

    Awesome job of explaining what the variance is!!! I'm taking a correspondence course & therefore can't talk face to face with the teacher. You answered all of my questions!! Thanks!! :-)

  • @ILoveCookies123g
    @ILoveCookies123g 5 років тому

    Passed my statistics exam because of you, thank you very much.

  • @TheVarshucop
    @TheVarshucop 3 роки тому +1

    wondeful lecture, wish i had a lecturer like him before.

  • @emsdy6741
    @emsdy6741 3 роки тому

    Thanks God I found this channel. His way of teaching is superb.

  • @AndrewAndy-h4w
    @AndrewAndy-h4w Рік тому

    You bring it out that teaching is a talent

  • @bigfunsoftware368
    @bigfunsoftware368 10 років тому +6

    This is explained so well, especially for a beginner, thank you!

  • @zoelee3673
    @zoelee3673 4 роки тому

    instead of just memorizing the formula it's so much better to understand the meaning and make of the formula. this video is very helpful! thank you very much!

  • @harshadasinha6249
    @harshadasinha6249 2 роки тому

    I wish I would have found this channel before, such clear explanation that the concept would get ingrained in your brain, hats off sir!

  • @ontariobeaver9376
    @ontariobeaver9376 5 років тому +2

    The best teacher ever!

  • @ahmedqaysib
    @ahmedqaysib 8 років тому

    I'm reading and seeing many pages on google and youtube. I just wanna say that's the best explain for variance. Thank you

  • @jsoncoding1025
    @jsoncoding1025 8 років тому

    i heard you say u wanted to show the logical reasoning for the variance formula and my heart melted...... i do decision science now and i asked my tutor what is the logic behind some formula. guy started to explain, me knowing that this isnt what i asked stopped him, he then restarted to say the same thing after he finished his useless explanation he realized what i was asking then looked at me and said it was just the rule.
    so sir i thank you for being "as the kids say" a real one

  • @thecoldzero911
    @thecoldzero911 4 роки тому

    finally, someone who can really describe and teach statistics.

  • @elsadigabdalla3843
    @elsadigabdalla3843 4 роки тому

    Really, you made me understand statistics, you are more than a teacher, thanks a lot

  • @solomondames
    @solomondames 5 років тому +3

    Wow, you explained this very well. I read the book, however, I wasn't able to understand it. I now understand it after watching this video, thank you.

  • @v.p22709
    @v.p22709 5 років тому

    Note that in the original function we multiply by p. The p is gone here. Since we sum up the "resulting" random variables and devide them by N, which is actually probability and it gives us p.
    So for two Xs X0=0 and X1=1 in bernuli or binomial disterbution we'd get p=0.5 since we have same amount of times each variable appearing in the same amount of results. Many thanks to you for the explanations!

  • @muffmuffin1756
    @muffmuffin1756 3 роки тому

    Please accept my gratitude 🙏 I've been browsing the internet for 20mins. just to understand what variance is. Now i finally get it because of you 🤧 Thank you so much Teacher 😇

  • @yuliapetrunina8756
    @yuliapetrunina8756 7 років тому

    WOW this is the best explanation ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks a lot for such detailed explanation

  • @gopalacharya8385
    @gopalacharya8385 8 місяців тому

    The explanation couldn't have been better than this. Thank you.

  • @karinleiva5456
    @karinleiva5456 3 роки тому

    8 years from this video, I am thrilled I can finally finish my stats homework due tonight because of this video.

  • @curioussoultime
    @curioussoultime 5 років тому

    Wow, u just explained wht all these parameters mean and wat we r dng with them step by step. Other videos just tell u theoretically, but you are brilliant just brilliant. Thank you.

  • @sarajarrar6232
    @sarajarrar6232 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you sir! i understood it from you more than school! good luck

  • @akarshts7428
    @akarshts7428 6 років тому

    Best statistics teacher ever

  • @talonvanslack6814
    @talonvanslack6814 5 років тому +2

    Thank you for breaking this equation down and making it so easy to understand.

  • @RahulJha-wt7jm
    @RahulJha-wt7jm 5 років тому

    First read it in concept of probability than see this videos gives you a simple fabulous understanding.

  • @ganeshkashyap8573
    @ganeshkashyap8573 2 роки тому +3

    I spent learning stats for 2 years and you explained the concept in just 18 minutes. You should create a Udemy Course.

  • @connoross13
    @connoross13 2 роки тому

    You are an incredible instructor. What a talent

  • @Gustavo_Rojas
    @Gustavo_Rojas 4 роки тому

    I found this "treasure" 7 yrs later! =) Thank you so much!

  • @angelburgos2921
    @angelburgos2921 10 років тому +16

    bless you kind man!!! it has helped me tremendously. y cant my stats teacher teach like this!

  • @jeanq6726
    @jeanq6726 4 роки тому

    Lifesaver for my statistics topic, more than happy to purchase your full version at your website. The lecturer at my Uni just assumes us know what these concepts mean, and rush right into SPSS, but really, we need to understand why. BIG THANK YOU!!!

  • @MDAVID2903
    @MDAVID2903 3 роки тому +1

    What a great explanation! Thank you a lot, Professor. The world needs more instructors like you!

  • @ruthneidah8587
    @ruthneidah8587 14 днів тому

    He has always been my favorite Math teacher 🎉🎉😊

  • @PharaHerine
    @PharaHerine 5 років тому

    it took me numerous books and videos to actually realise what sigma and sub i is, FINALLY somebody just assumes we might not know it and clearly states exactly every symbol used in the equation. THANK YOU. I have never had statistics in school, but if I had, I'd like you to teach me.

  • @chawinl1945
    @chawinl1945 4 роки тому

    WOW! As a fine-art graduate trying to learn statistics, thank you so much for explaining STEP-BY-STEP. I was very struggling until you said it's the "average" of the distance from the mean. I can sleep nicely tonight :D

  • @Darkmankind
    @Darkmankind 3 роки тому

    This was very informative; I am in a statistics class this semester, and I actually understood what he was explaining.

  • @sandraknuth5766
    @sandraknuth5766 7 років тому

    Love this guy, hope he helps me pass statistics.

  • @sirmarky9991
    @sirmarky9991 4 роки тому

    You are the Statistics Teacher I want to have right now.

  • @sarathkumaraprematilake6067
    @sarathkumaraprematilake6067 3 роки тому

    I feel like starting my mathematic lessons again from the beginning. Very interesting.

  • @ibrahimhersi514
    @ibrahimhersi514 5 років тому +2

    One word, Phenomenal !

  • @vaishnandurkar3222
    @vaishnandurkar3222 4 роки тому

    wow this is amazing, very few people are great at teaching, and you my sir, are one of them

  • @Copley417
    @Copley417 Рік тому

    Outstanding! O LOVE the way you explained the logic and rationale, and not just push for memorization of formulas. I am in my FIFTIES re-learning statistics for my Masters and forgot most of the fundamentals though I use statistics very day. I hated math in high school because I preferred to understand and the teaching style was flash cards for math! Zoinks. Any way, i appreciate you. 1000 thanks!