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Original Articles

Numerical stability of two algorithms to compute sample standard deviation

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Pages 249-258 | Received 01 Nov 1998, Published online: 18 Jun 2013
 

Abstract

We study numerical stability of two algorithms to compute sample standard deviation. We find useful inequalities for both algorithmic relative errors. Finally, we compare the algorithms and we show numerical examples.

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