Essentials of Statistics (5th Edition)

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Chapter 3 - Statistics for Describing, Exploring, and Comparing Data - 3-3 Measures of Variation - Page 110: 27

Answer

Range: 36 years, variance:4.5 years, standard deviation: 9.72 years.

Work Step by Step

Range is the difference of the maximum and minimum of the set: range=36-0=36 years. Calculated by calculator, the mean is: 15.03 years. The variance is the sum of the differences of each value and the mean on the power of two, divided by the number of values minus 1: variance=$\frac{(10-15.03)^2+(29-15.03)^2+...+(23-15.03)^2}{50-1}=94.5$ years. The standard deviation is the square root of the variance: standard deviation=$\sqrt{94.5}=$9.72 years.
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