Statistics (12th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321755936
ISBN 13: 978-0-32175-593-3

Chapter 2 - Methods for Describing Sets of Data - Exercises 2.71 - 2.89 - Learning the Mechanics - Page 64: 2.76a

Answer

Sample variance = $s^{2}=4.8889$ Sample standard deviation = $s =2.21$

Work Step by Step

Recall the shortcut formula for calculating the variance ($s^{2}$): $$s^{2}=\frac{\sum_{i=1}^{n}x_{i}^{2}-\dfrac{\left(\sum_{i=1}^{n}x_{i}\right)^{2}}{n}}{n-1}$$ Plug in the given values: $$\begin{align*} s^{2}&= \displaystyle \frac{84-\frac{\left(20\right)^{2}}{10}}{10-1} & & \\ & =4.8889 \\\\ s&= \sqrt{4.8889} =2.21 \end{align*}$$
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