diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/modules/forms/manager/RubricStatisticCalculator.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/modules/forms/manager/RubricStatisticCalculator.java
index 18021e82c3ea54ce1136a652d424d6a3c8b8821d..57543d01ea64349c15d388548990cea7f449c754 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/modules/forms/manager/RubricStatisticCalculator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/modules/forms/manager/RubricStatisticCalculator.java
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class RubricStatisticCalculator {
 				size++;
 			}
 		}
-		return size > 2? varianceDividend/(size - 1): null;
+		return size > 1? varianceDividend/(size - 1): null;
 	}
 
 	Double getStdDev(Double variance) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/olat/modules/forms/manager/RubricStatisticCalculatorTest.java b/src/test/java/org/olat/modules/forms/manager/RubricStatisticCalculatorTest.java
index 007d1181eefc16cd8643f3d3e46e54be730e53f2..fba4312069f2806fdf9bafe6ea3f3dd19e3261e6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/olat/modules/forms/manager/RubricStatisticCalculatorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/olat/modules/forms/manager/RubricStatisticCalculatorTest.java
@@ -201,6 +201,35 @@ public class RubricStatisticCalculatorTest {
 		assertThat(variance).isEqualTo(1.5);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void shouldCalculateSliderVarianceOfTwoResponses() {
+		ScaleType scaleType = ScaleType.oneToMax;
+		StepCountsBuilder stepCountsBuilder = StepCountsBuilder.builder(4);
+		stepCountsBuilder.withCount(1, Long.valueOf(1));
+		stepCountsBuilder.withCount(2, Long.valueOf(1));
+		stepCountsBuilder.withCount(3, Long.valueOf(0));
+		stepCountsBuilder.withCount(4, Long.valueOf(0));
+		SumMean sumMean = sut.getSumMean(stepCountsBuilder.build(), scaleType);
+		
+		Double variance = sut.getVariance(stepCountsBuilder.build(), scaleType, sumMean.getMean());
+		
+		assertThat(variance).isEqualTo(0.5);
+	}
+	@Test
+	public void shouldCalculateSliderVarianceOfOneResponse() {
+		ScaleType scaleType = ScaleType.oneToMax;
+		StepCountsBuilder stepCountsBuilder = StepCountsBuilder.builder(4);
+		stepCountsBuilder.withCount(1, Long.valueOf(1));
+		stepCountsBuilder.withCount(2, Long.valueOf(0));
+		stepCountsBuilder.withCount(3, Long.valueOf(0));
+		stepCountsBuilder.withCount(4, Long.valueOf(0));
+		SumMean sumMean = sut.getSumMean(stepCountsBuilder.build(), scaleType);
+		
+		Double variance = sut.getVariance(stepCountsBuilder.build(), scaleType, sumMean.getMean());
+		
+		assertThat(variance).isNull();
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void shouldCalculateSliderVarianceScaled() {
 		ScaleType scaleType = ScaleType.zeroBallanced;