diff -r 685e044bed5e Doc/library/statistics.rst --- a/Doc/library/statistics.rst Sat Oct 19 11:50:09 2013 -0700 +++ b/Doc/library/statistics.rst Sat Oct 19 22:01:26 2013 +0300 @@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ If the optional second argument *mu* is given, it should be the mean of *data*. If it is missing or None (the default), the mean is - automatically caclulated. + automatically calculated. Use this function to calculate the variance from the entire population. To estimate the variance from a sample, the :func:`variance` function is @@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ If the optional second argument *xbar* is given, it should be the mean of *data*. If it is missing or None (the default), the mean is - automatically caclulated. + automatically calculated. Use this function when your data is a sample from a population. To calculate the variance from the entire population, see :func:`pvariance`.