{{alias}}( W[, mean] ) Returns an accumulator function which incrementally computes a moving unbiased sample variance. The `W` parameter defines the number of values over which to compute the moving unbiased sample variance. If provided a value, the accumulator function returns an updated moving unbiased sample variance. If not provided a value, the accumulator function returns the current moving unbiased sample variance. As `W` values are needed to fill the window buffer, the first `W-1` returned values are calculated from smaller sample sizes. Until the window is full, each returned value is calculated from all provided values. Parameters ---------- W: integer Window size. mean: number (optional) Known mean. Returns ------- acc: Function Accumulator function. Examples -------- > var accumulator = {{alias}}( 3 ); > var s2 = accumulator() null > s2 = accumulator( 2.0 ) 0.0 > s2 = accumulator( -5.0 ) 24.5 > s2 = accumulator( 3.0 ) 19.0 > s2 = accumulator( 5.0 ) 28.0 > s2 = accumulator() 28.0 See Also --------