Elementary Statistics: A Step-by-Step Approach with Formula Card 9th Edition

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Chapter 5 - Discrete Probability Distributions - 5-2 Mean, Variance, Standard Deviation, and Expectation - Exercises 5-2 - Page 272: 6

Answer

$\mu = 1.3$ $\sigma^2=1.81$ $\sigma=1.345$

Work Step by Step

Use the weighted mean formula, we have $\mu = (0.4×0+0.2×1+0.2×2+0.1×3+0.1×4) / (0.4+0.2+0.2+0.1+0.1) = 1.3$ Use the weighted variance formula, we have $\sigma^2=( (0.4×(0-1.3)²+0.2×(1-1.3)²+0.2×(2-1.3)²+0.1×(3-1.3)²+0.1×(4-1.3)²) / (0.4+0.2+0.2+0.1+0.1) ) =1.81$ And we can find the standard deviation as $\sigma=\sqrt {\sigma^2}=1.345$
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