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consider the factor of (N-1) that appears in the
denominator in the formula for the standard deviation. That shows
up in lots of places, including e.g. Baird equation 2.9, where it
is touted as the "best estimate". It is baked into the stdev()
function in every spreadsheet I've ever seen.
The question arises, where did that come from????!?!?!!!!!?