(PECL stats >= 1.0.0)
stats_variance — Returns the population variance
Diese Funktion ist bis jetzt nicht dokumentiert. Es steht nur die Liste der Argumente zur Verfügung.
This will return surprising values for most users, since the default of sample=false is rather unusual when speaking about variance.
Point is:
When using stats_variance($foo,TRUE) the sum is divided by n-1 while the default just divides it by n. So when you expect your variance to be lower you probable wanted to divide by n-1, therefore should set the second parameter =TRUE.