Statistics (12th Edition)

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Chapter 2 - Methods for Describing Sets of Data - Exercises 2.71 - 2.89 - Applying the Concepts - Intermediate - Page 66: 2.88b

Answer

$41.53\,\text{ years}^2$

Work Step by Step

The variance has the square of the units of measure of the data items in the sample (here: $\text{ years}^2$). It can be obtained by invoking the "Descriptive Statistics" option of our Data Analysis feature to obtain a summary shown below in the attached screen snippet. The variance is $$s^{2}=41.53\,\text{ years}^2.$$
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