Doubt in derivation of expectation of sample variance

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I am studying statistics on my own. Please help me in understanding following

Here in evaluation of Expectation $E[\frac{(n-1)S^2}{\sigma^2}]$, why $\sigma^2$(population variance is treated as constant). What to consider a constant and what as variable, how to differentiate?

My thinking - We donot know population variance $\sigma^2$. So we come up with some sample and calculate its sample variance and try to see that it is closest estimate of population variance. But when we treat $\sigma^2$ as a known constant(it means already known value?), then why again are we calculating sample variance.

pardon me for the silly question.

another doubt - why in sample variance we are considering $1/(n-1)$ and in population variance $1/n$. When we take sample size n large enough ie., n tends to infinity, does n and n-1 do mean same ?

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