What is the lower bound of a random variable's variance?

1 Answer
Jul 29, 2016

0

Explanation:

intuitively 0

variance using sum square difference is (x-mu)^2. There are of course other choices but generally the end result will not be negative. In general the lowest possible value is 0 because if x=mu rightarrow (x-mu)^2 = 0
x>mu rightarrow (x-mu)^2>0
x< mu rightarrow (x-mu)^2>0