Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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ISBN 13: 978-0-32175-727-2

Chapter 3 - Section 3.2 - Assess Your Understanding - Applying the Concepts - Page 152: 18b

Answer

Blue has a larger standard deviation.

Work Step by Step

$s=\sqrt {\frac{Σ(x_i-x̅)^2}{n-1}}$ Blue: First, the mean: $x̅_{Blue}=\frac{0.582+0.481+0.841+0.267+0.685+0.450}{6}=0.551$ Now, the standard deviation: $s_{Blue}=\sqrt {\frac{(0.582-0.551)^2+(0.481-0.551)^2+(0.841-0.551)^2+(0.267-0.551)^2+(0.685-0.551)^2+(0.450-0.551)^2}{6-1}}=0.199$ Bottled: First, the mean: $x̅_{Red}=\frac{0.408+0.407+0.542+0.402+0.456+0.533}{6}=0.458$ Now, the standard deviation: $s_{Red}=\sqrt {\frac{(0.408-0.458)^2+(0.407-0.458)^2+(0.542-0.458)^2+(0.402-0.458)^2+(0.456-0.458)^2+(0.533-0.458)^2}{12-1}}=0.0647$ $s_{Blue}\gt s_{Red}$
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