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I'm trying to prove that the sample variance is an unbiased estimator.

I know that I need to find the expected value of the sample variance estimator $$\sum_i\frac{(M_i - \bar{M})^2}{n-1}$$ but I get stuck finding the expected value of the $M_i\bar{M}$ term. Any clues?

I would also like to calculate the variance of the sample variance. In short I would like to calculate $\mathrm{Var}(M_i - \bar{M})^2$ but again that term rears its ugly head.

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The only full and complete proof I could find on the internet can be found under http://economictheoryblog.wordpress.com/2012/06/28/latexlatexs2/

As goes over 70 (!) steps and shows every little formula manipulations I prefer rather not to post it here.

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