Maxima Function
var1 (list)
var1(matrix)
This is the sample variance, defined as
n ==== 1 \ _ 2 --- > (x - x) n-1 / i ==== i = 1
(%i1) load (descriptive)$ (%i2) load (numericalio)$ (%i3) s1 : read_list (file_search ("pidigits.data"))$ (%i4) var1 (s1), numer; (%o4) 8.5110101010101 (%i5) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$ (%i6) var1 (s2); (%o6) [17.39586540404041, 15.13912778787879, 15.63204924242424, 32.50152569696971, 24.66977392929294]