Sample variance

Purpose: To get the sample standard variance of a data set.

Code:

>>> from scipy import stats
>>> X = [9.07, 8.97, 6.41, 3.03, 1.19, 2.67, 2.81, 9.2]
>>> result = stats.describe(X)
>>> print("Variance = %.2f" % result.variance)
Variance = 11.31