{{alias}}( [mean] ) Returns an accumulator function which incrementally computes an unbiased sample variance. If provided a value, the accumulator function returns an updated unbiased sample variance. If not provided a value, the accumulator function returns the current unbiased sample variance. If provided `NaN` or a value which, when used in computations, results in `NaN`, the accumulated value is `NaN` for all future invocations. Parameters ---------- mean: number (optional) Known mean. Returns ------- acc: Function Accumulator function. Examples -------- > var accumulator = {{alias}}(); > var s2 = accumulator() null > s2 = accumulator( 2.0 ) 0.0 > s2 = accumulator( -5.0 ) 24.5 > s2 = accumulator() 24.5 See Also --------