Merge pull request #3992 from szarnyasg/iss3295

Change sample variance/coveriance to population covariance/covariance for regr_* functions

docs/sql/functions/aggregates.md

@@ -473,9 +473,9 @@ They all ignore `NULL` values (in the case of a single input column `x`), or pai
 | [`regr_intercept(y, x)`](#regr_intercepty-x) | The intercept of the univariate linear regression line, where x is the independent variable and y is the dependent variable. |
 | [`regr_r2(y, x)`](#regr_r2y-x) | The squared Pearson correlation coefficient between y and x. Also: The coefficient of determination in a linear regression, where x is the independent variable and y is the dependent variable. |
 | [`regr_slope(y, x)`](#regr_slopey-x) | The slope of the linear regression line, where x is the independent variable and y is the dependent variable. |
-| [`regr_sxx(y, x)`](#regr_sxxy-x) | The sample variance, which includes Bessel's bias correction, of the independent variable for non-`NULL` pairs, where x is the independent variable and y is the dependent variable. |
-| [`regr_sxy(y, x)`](#regr_sxyy-x) | The sample covariance, which includes Bessel's bias correction. |
-| [`regr_syy(y, x)`](#regr_syyy-x) | The sample variance, which includes Bessel's bias correction, of the dependent variable for non-`NULL` pairs , where x is the independent variable and y is the dependent variable. |
+| [`regr_sxx(y, x)`](#regr_sxxy-x) | The population variance, which includes Bessel's bias correction, of the independent variable for non-`NULL` pairs, where x is the independent variable and y is the dependent variable. |
+| [`regr_sxy(y, x)`](#regr_sxyy-x) | The population covariance, which includes Bessel's bias correction. |
+| [`regr_syy(y, x)`](#regr_syyy-x) | The population variance, which includes Bessel's bias correction, of the dependent variable for non-`NULL` pairs , where x is the independent variable and y is the dependent variable. |
 | [`skewness(x)`](#skewnessx) | The skewness. |
 | [`stddev_pop(x)`](#stddev_popx) | The population standard deviation. |
 | [`stddev_samp(x)`](#stddev_sampx) | The sample standard deviation. |
@@ -622,23 +622,23 @@ They all ignore `NULL` values (in the case of a single input column `x`), or pai
 
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-| **Description** | The sample variance, which includes Bessel's bias correction, of the independent variable for non-`NULL` pairs, where x is the independent variable and y is the dependent variable. |
+| **Description** | The population variance, which includes Bessel's bias correction, of the independent variable for non-`NULL` pairs, where x is the independent variable and y is the dependent variable. |
 | **Formula** | - |
 | **Alias(es)** | - |
 
 #### `regr_sxy(y, x)`
 
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-| **Description** | The sample covariance, which includes Bessel's bias correction. |
+| **Description** | The population covariance, which includes Bessel's bias correction. |
 | **Formula** | - |
 | **Alias(es)** | - |
 
 #### `regr_syy(y, x)`
 
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-| **Description** | The sample variance, which includes Bessel's bias correction, of the dependent variable for non-`NULL` pairs, where x is the independent variable and y is the dependent variable. |
+| **Description** | The population variance, which includes Bessel's bias correction, of the dependent variable for non-`NULL` pairs, where x is the independent variable and y is the dependent variable. |
 | **Formula** | - |
 | **Alias(es)** | - |